Notice Information
Notice Title
Courier Services
Notice Description
PSD requires a contract to be in place for the collection and delivery of documents and parcels throughout Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, and occasionally UK-wide. The supplier is required to courier items from various NHS sites on a same day and next day service. This service is critical to service the document requirements of NHS Health boards throughout Scotland, therefore this requires a contract to be put in place to help protect the provision and continuity of this service. The contract will be required to provide the service 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Open procurement via PCS-T to obtain a single supplier for the contract.
Renewal: Option to extend for a period of up to 2x12 months until 30/06/3032. The Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract subject to satisfactory performance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-068115
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040150-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £800,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Approx. 6 months before this contract is due to expire, the requirement will be re-tendered for
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS PUBLIC SERVICES DELIVERY SCOTLAND) (PSD SCOTLAND)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9EB
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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