Notice Information
Notice Title
Logistics Framework
Notice Description
LSHTM, and the MRC units The Gambia and Uganda (contracting authorities) are seeking to establish a framework agreement with multiple suppliers for the provision of logistic services. The Framework will be split in to 4 Lots. Deliverables are to be provided to UK and international locations, the contracting authority will specify the location at call off. The supplier shall be expected to collect or deliver from the contracting authority addresses, suppliers address, or any other location the contracting authority determines.
Lot Information
Lot 1 -International Logistic and freight forwarding (Including storage)
Logistic and freight forwarding delivery to international locations exporting a range of small consumables and biological samples, where special conditions are required throughout the storage; which include trial drugs, laboratory consumables and equipment (including hazardous goods such as phones with batteries in them, ethanol and frozen reagents on dry ice), blood samples, dried blood spots or sera samples, sheep and horse blood, cell lines and bacterial strains and PPE.
Lot 2 - Domestic Logistic and Courier services (Including storage)Logistic and freight forwarding delivery to UK locations exporting documents, parcels, pallets and a range of small consumables and biological samples, where special conditions may be required throughout the storage and transportation. These include, but are not limited to, stamped/franked mail, dry ice shipments and dangerous goods.
Lot 3- Logistic, freight forwarding and Courier services (Including storage)- Domestic and InternationalLogistic and freight forwarding delivery to International and UK locations exporting a range of small consumables and biological samples, where special conditions are required throughout the storage; which include trial drugs, laboratory consumables and equipment (including hazardous goods such as phones with batteries in them, ethanol and frozen reagents on dry ice), blood samples, dried blood spots or sera samples, sheep and horse blood, cell lines and bacterial strains and PPE. To bid for Lot 3 suppliers must be able to cover all the requirements for both Lot 1 and Lot 2.
Lot 4- Supply and logistics of specialist and non-specialist deliverables Domestic and International.This Lot covers the supply and shipping of consumables to international and domestic locations. Supplier/s on this Lot must have the capability to freight and export goods carriage and Insurance Paid (CIP) to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05986e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055740-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
63521000 - Freight transport agency services
64100000 - Post and courier services
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Oct 20268 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Sep 20267 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 9 Dec 2026 - 8 Dec 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
- Contact Name
- Sian Goodchild
- Contact Email
- sian.goodchild@lshtm.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 02076368636
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- WC1E 7HT
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055740-2025
11th September 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
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