Notice Information
Notice Title
Freight Agency Services
Notice Description
Requirement to procure the services of a supplier to provide a 4PL service facilitating an optimisation of the entire supply chain for UoE - from courier services for UK domestic, to import and export shipments. Must include a software solution which ideally will be able to integrate with UoE's Oracle Fusion "People and Money" system and also comply with our "No PO No Pay" protocol.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Requirement to procure the services of a supplier to provide a 4PL service facilitating an optimisation of the entire supply chain for UoE - from courier services for UK domestic, to import and export shipments. Must include a software solution which ideally will be able to integrate with UoE's Oracle Fusion "People and Money" system and also comply with our "No PO No Pay" protocol. There is a significant level of fragmented spend with couriers from various colleges and schools at UoE. The new service will enable spend to be centralised through one service. The appointed freight agent would act on UoE's behalf as a 4PL logistics supplier and be responsible for sourcing multiple transit options and providers for each consignment. This would involve a software solution for UoE staff to book consignments on. All communication, billing and responsibility for delivering the service will reside with the supplier. This would provide 2 overarching benefits to UoE: (1) Improved freight rates; one provider understanding our requirement will be able to be active in the freight market in the most advantageous way for UoE. Truly centralising the requirement will avoid UoE being subject to high one-off freight rates. (2) Improved processes; a single stream of invoices and customs clearance instruction documents will simplify the paperwork process between stores, procurement operations and P&M system. Centralisation of the function will create efficiencies with existing teams and allow time to be redeployed into more effective areas to improve value streams elsewhere. As well as financial benefits this solution should make it easier to group together sustainability goals in freight which has traditionally had a high carbon cost.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000793667
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526544
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
63521000 - Freight transport agency services
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- 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
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
- Contact Name
- Iain Davies
- Contact Email
- idavies@ed.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1316502759
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH1 1HT
- 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
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526544
Freight Agency Services - Requirement to procure the services of a supplier to provide a 4PL service facilitating an optimisation of the entire supply chain for UoE - from courier services for UK domestic, to import and export shipments. Must include a software solution which ideally will be able to integrate with UoE's Oracle Fusion "People and Money" system and also comply with our "No PO No Pay" protocol.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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