Notice Information
Notice Title
Removal and Storage Services for Residents in Permanent Housing and Temporary Accommodation
Notice Description
Contract award for the provision of removal and storage services of belongings for homeless residents when moving into or out of in temporary accommodation and for permanent housing residents in emergency situations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Compliant direct award to Crown Promotions & Removals Ltd (Company Number 04002589) via the Procurement Services Framework Logistics, Warehousing and Removal Solutions Y23021, Lot 4 - Fully Comprehensive Removal Services, for the provision of removal and storage services for Westminster City Council. The contract is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027, with an option to extend for another 6 months if required, for the maximum total contract value of PS1,425,000 excl. VAT (PS1,710,000 incl. VAT). Contractual spend will be subject to demand for storage and removal (transport) and will be closely managed by the contract managers.
Planning Information
1. Introduction 1.1. This Market Sounding Questionnaire seeks to obtain market feedback in relation to the commissioning by Westminster City Council (WCC) for the provision of removals and/or storage services of homeless’ belongings when moving into or out of temporary accommodation, as well as permanent housing residents’ belongings in emergency situations. 1.2. This Market Sounding Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the market sounding questionnaire is to gain insight into the market to understand the level of interest and capacity of the market in relation to this future opportunity. 1.3. Feedback received will be used to inform the commissioning strategy and to refine the specification for this service. 1.4. The information within this document has been generated solely for market engagement purposes and (depending on the information received from the market) may not necessarily reflect the information ultimately presented in any future calls to tender. 1.5. All information provided will be considered commercially sensitive and kept in confidence. 2. Feedback Request 2.1. Your response is very important as it will allow WCC to assess the views of potential providers in the market and inform the commissioning strategy. 2.2. WCC plan to finalise the commissioning strategy in early September 2025. It is envisaged that the contract will commence in April 2026. All dates represent indicative timeframes only and may be subject to change. 2.3. This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted via Jaggaer no later than Friday 13th June 2025. Last day for submitting clarification questions will be Monday 9th June 2025. 2.4. All responses received by this date will be considered but will not bind the Authority to any particular procurement approach. WCC reserve the right to not review or consider any responses received after the submission date. 2.5. Please note that you will need to access Westminster's procurement portal to access the opportunity. Our eSourcing and Contract Management Solution | Westminster City Council 2.6. Please send your responses (and any questions) via Jaggaer by searching for PQQ: SQ_30122 - Removals and Storage Services - Market Engagement Sounding.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052b12
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031775-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
60183000 - Hire of vans with driver
63121100 - Storage services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,425,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Apr 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 30 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1E 6QP
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI3 Inner London - West, TLI32 Westminster
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029321-2025
2nd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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