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# Logistics, Warehousing, and Supply Chain Solutions

Buyer: THE MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE ACTING THROUGH CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d0b7

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## Summary

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded a multisupplier Framework Contract for Logistics, Warehousing, and Supply Chain Solutions, known as RM6329, focusing on storage and warehousing services. The contract encompasses various lots, including Haulage and Distribution Solutions, Warehousing and Storage Solutions, Logistics Consultancy, Supply Chain, and Design Solutions, among others. It serves the UK region, with a completion of the procurement award stage occurring on 20th November 2024, and the contract signed on 29th October 2024. The contract entails services categorized under CPV 63120000. Relevant industry categories include general public services, and the estimated framework agreement value is £1,540,500,000. This open procedure aims to ensure compliance with Government Security Classifications and Cyber Essentials requirements.

This tender presents numerous business growth opportunities, particularly for companies specializing in logistics, warehousing, consultancy, haulage, and distribution. Firms with capabilities in handling diverse goods, from general cargo to hazardous materials, and those offering additional services like supply chain management and construction logistics will find advantageous positions within this framework. It suits businesses of all sizes, including large enterprises, with a competitive edge gained through high quality and price-efficiency criteria. The framework's multifaceted lots encourage a broad spectrum of companies to apply, promoting innovation and efficient solutions in the logistics sector.

## Notice

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), hereby known as the Authority, has established a multisupplier Framework Contract for the supply of Logistics, Warehousing, and Supply Chain Solutions. This Framework Agreement replaces:- RM6074 (Logistics and Warehousing) agreement which expired in October 2024 This Framework had 8 Lots: Lot 1 - Haulage and Distribution Solutions Lot 2 - Warehousing and Storage Solutions Lot 3 - Logistics Consultancy, Supply Chain, and Design Solutions Lot 4 - 3rd Party, 4th Party, and 5th Party Logistics Solutions Lot 5 - Removal and Relocation Solutions Lot 6 - Vehicle and Plant Movement, Storage and Detention Solutions Lot 7 - Events, Shows and Exhibition Logistics Solutions Lot 8 - Construction Logistics and Associated Solutions

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Logistics, Distribution, Warehousing, and Fulfilment services. The services may include, but are not limited to, the collection, receipt, storage, management, processing and onward distribution of: pallets; shipping containers; supply items; commodities; parcel; package; vehicles; parts; electronic items; components; fuel; gases; dry Powers; liquids; aggregates; construction materials and products; hazardous goods; temperature controlled goods; weapons and ammunition; pharmaceuticals, controlled drugs and restricted/illegal drugs; assets for disposal/recycling/ repurposing. The services may also be required to provide supply chain consultancy, supply chain management, supplier management, fourth party logistics management, solution design, logistics integrator services, construction site facilities management, laydown solutions, and events logistics. Additional information: This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with suppliers operating within the logistics, distribution, warehousing, fulfilment and associated services sector. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction.

Haulage and Distribution Solutions

Lot 1 provides a wide range of transport and distribution solutions via a range of modes of transport including low and zero emission vehicles and crafts, and may include both ad-hoc and scheduled requirements. Item and/or vehicle tracking capabilities will be required. Items to be carried may include but are not limited to cartons, containers, pallets, tanks, liquids, gases, medical supplies and instruments, foodstuffs, dangerous goods, high risk and high value items. Additional information: There were 9 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 1 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 1 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 1

Warehousing and Storage Solutions

Lot 2 provides a wide range of storage solutions including but not limited to internal storage, racked storage, stacked storage, external storage, container storage, self serve storage, and offer a range of associated services that may include but are not limited to receipt, indexing, pick, pack, fulfilment, kitting, rework, assembly, dispatch, inventory management, asset management, and disposal. Items to be stored may include but are not limited to cartons, containers, pallets, tanks, liquids, gases, medical supplies and instruments, foodstuffs, dangerous goods, high risk and high value items. Additional information: There were 15 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 2 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 2 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 2

Logistics Consultancy, Supply Chain and Design Solutions

Lot 3 provides a wide range of logistics consultancy solutions including but not limited to supply chain consultancy, logistics consultancy, price benchmarking, service and quality benchmarking, solution design, specification design, process improvement, project management, warehouse and network design, and implementation management. Requirements will be available to any and all Buyers who may have a logistics need either immediately or in the future where industry expertise is required to design, support, and improve operational processes. Additional information: There were 10 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 3 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 3 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 3

3rd Party, 4th Party and 5th Party Logistics Solutions

Lot 4 provides a wide range of logistics outsourcing solutions with Suppliers operating their own assets, or by Suppliers managing 3rd party assets through a prime and key subcontract relationship. The services may be delivered at the Suppliers own premises, the Buyers premises (or that of their partners) or any other location determined by the Buyer. Solutions may include but are not limited to storage, transportation, fulfilment, facilities management, construction logistics, procurement and inventory management to provide fully managed solutions. Items under management may include but are not limited to cartons, containers, pallets, tanks, liquids, gases, medical supplies and instruments, foodstuffs, dangerous goods, electronic items, fine art, furniture, vehicles, printed material, mixed stock keeping units, high risk and high value, weapons, dangerous goods, tobacco, alcohol, and counterfeit goods Additional information: There were 10 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 4 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 4 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 4

Removal and Relocation Solutions

Lot 5 provides a wide range of removal and relocation solutions including but not limited to storage, transportation, porterage, labour, provision of engineers, project management, packaging and consumables, and asset management including asset disposal, repurposing, recycling, and donation. Assets to be carried, stored and disposed of may include but not limited to furniture, IT equipment, audio visual equipment, laboratory equipment, fine art, and artefacts. Additional information: There were 7 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 5 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 5 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 5

Vehicle and Plant Movement , Storage and Detention Solutions

Lot 6 provides a wide range of transport, storage and disposal solutions for vehicles and plant that may include use of specialist vehicles, engineers, fitters, project management, and administration. Assets to be transported, stored, and disposed of may include but not limited to cars, lorries, buses, military vehicles, emergency service vehicles, industrial plant, aircraft, marine and river vessels. Additionally, there may be a requirement to provide evidential statements to support any legal proceedings. Additional information: There was 1 place awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 6 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 6 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 6

Events, Shows and Exhibition Logistics Solutions

Lot 7 provides a wide range of transport and storage for events, shows, and exhibitions that may include use of specialist vehicles, engineers, fitters, project management, and administration. This may also require pick and pack services, stand installations and de-installations, provision of welfare facilities, direct delivery to exhibition stands, and provide temperature-controlled handling. Items to be transported and stored may include but are not limited to stands, audio-visual equipment, stages, gantries, rigging, cables, clothes, fluids, foodstuff, art, and artefacts. Additional information: There were 2 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 7 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 7 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 7

Construction Logistics and Associated Solutions

Lot 8 provides a wide range of transport and storage solutions for construction sites and site refurbishments, including lay down facilities, offsite storage, Railside, portside, and airside operations. This may include use of specialist vehicles and plant, deployment of project management, specialist consultancy, health and safety regimes, and welfare facilities management. Items to be transported and stored may include but are not limited to construction materials, bulk aggregates, electrical components, glass, steel, cranes, hoists, and plant. Additional information: There were 5 places awarded on this Lot Suppliers have to provide the mandatory Deliverables for Lot 8 as detailed in both Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Core Requirement and Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 8 Suppliers could choose to provide some or all of the optional Deliverables detailed in Framework Schedule 1 Specification - Annex 8

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037540-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Apr 2024 |
| Future notice date | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Award date | 29 Oct 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £700,000,000 |
| Lots value | £700,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,540,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled, Planned |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE ACTING THROUGH CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 9PP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | City Centre North |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SEE CONTRACTS FINDER NOTICE FOR FULL SUPPLIER LIST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 24 - Chemical products
- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 42 - Industrial machinery
- 43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
- 44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- 45 - Construction work
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 18933000 - Mail or parcel bags
- 18933100 - Post pouches
- 18937000 - Goods-packing sacks
- 18938000 - Padded bags
- 24100000 - Gases
- 33141000 - Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables
- 34134000 - Flatbed and Tipper trucks
- 34134200 - Tipper trucks
- 34142000 - Crane and dumper trucks
- 34142100 - Elevator-platforms trucks
- 34142200 - Skip loaders
- 34142300 - Dumper trucks
- 34144750 - Cargo carriers
- 34512300 - Bulk carriers
- 34512400 - Cargo ships
- 34512600 - Container carriers
- 34512900 - Car carriers
- 35513400 - Auxiliary hospital; cargo; tanker; ro-ro vessel
- 39173000 - Storage units
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
- 42410000 - Lifting and handling equipment
- 42414000 - Cranes, mobile lifting frames and works trucks fitted with a crane
- 42414410 - Cranes for trucks
- 42415110 - Forklift trucks
- 42418000 - Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery
- 42418500 - Mechanical handling equipment
- 42961400 - Dispatch system
- 42965100 - Warehouse management system
- 42998000 - Pallet-picking system
- 42998100 - Pallet-retrieving system
- 43300000 - Construction machinery and equipment
- 44100000 - Construction materials and associated items
- 44110000 - Construction materials
- 44111000 - Building materials
- 44143000 - Pallets
- 44423300 - Goods-handling equipment
- 44611000 - Tanks
- 44611400 - Storage tanks
- 44613000 - Large containers
- 44613300 - Standard freight containers
- 44613400 - Storage containers
- 44614100 - Storage bins
- 44614300 - Container storage system
- 44617100 - Cartons
- 44618100 - Light containers
- 44619000 - Other containers
- 44619300 - Crates
- 44619500 - Pallet boxes
- 45000000 - Construction work
- 45100000 - Site preparation work
- 45110000 - Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work
- 45213331 - Airport buildings construction work
- 45214000 - Construction work for buildings relating to education and research
- 45214200 - Construction work for school buildings
- 45214400 - Construction work for university buildings
- 45215000 - Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, for crematoriums and public conveniences
- 45215100 - Construction work for buildings relating to health
- 45216000 - Construction work for buildings relating to law and order or emergency services and for military buildings
- 45216111 - Police station construction work
- 45216112 - Court building construction work
- 45216113 - Prison building construction work
- 45216114 - Parliament and public assembly buildings
- 45216121 - Fire station construction work
- 45216122 - Ambulance station construction work
- 45233100 - Construction work for highways, roads
- 45233110 - Motorway construction works
- 45233120 - Road construction works
- 45233121 - Main road construction works
- 45246100 - River-wall construction
- 45246200 - Riverbank protection works
- 45246400 - Flood-prevention works
- 45246410 - Flood-defences maintenance works
- 45246500 - Promenade construction work
- 45246510 - Boardwalk construction work
- 45500000 - Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator
- 45510000 - Hire of cranes with operator
- 45520000 - Hire of earthmoving equipment with operator
- 48311100 - Document management system
- 48720000 - Bar coding software package
- 48921000 - Automation system
- 50118100 - Breakdown and recovery services for cars
- 50118110 - Vehicle towing-away services
- 50118200 - Breakdown and recovery services for commercial vehicles
- 50118300 - Breakdown and recovery services for buses
- 50118400 - Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles
- 50118500 - Breakdown and recovery services for motorcycles
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 60100000 - Road transport services
- 60160000 - Mail transport by road
- 60161000 - Parcel transport services
- 60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver
- 60181000 - Hire of trucks with driver
- 60200000 - Railway transport services
- 60220000 - Mail transport by railway
- 60400000 - Air transport services
- 60410000 - Scheduled air transport services
- 60420000 - Non-scheduled air transport services
- 60600000 - Water transport services
- 63100000 - Cargo handling and storage services
- 63110000 - Cargo handling services
- 63111000 - Container handling services
- 63112000 - Baggage handling services
- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
- 63121000 - Storage and retrieval services
- 63121100 - Storage services
- 63121110 - Gas storage services
- 63122000 - Warehousing services
- 63521000 - Freight transport agency services
- 63522000 - Ship brokerage services
- 63523000 - Port and forwarding agency services
- 63524000 - Transport document preparation services
- 63700000 - Support services for land, water and air transport
- 63710000 - Support services for land transport
- 63711000 - Support services for railway transport
- 63712000 - Support services for road transport
- 63720000 - Support services for water transport
- 63726300 - Vessel storage services
- 63730000 - Support services for air transport
- 63734000 - Hangar services
- 64120000 - Courier services
- 64121000 - Multi-modal courier services
- 64121200 - Parcel delivery services
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services
- 71356300 - Technical support services
- 72212720 - Bar coding software development services
- 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services
- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 75130000 - Supporting services for the government
- 75131000 - Government services
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
- 79613000 - Employee relocation services
- 79950000 - Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
- 79952000 - Event services
- 79991000 - Stock-control services
- 85312200 - Homedelivery of provisions
- 92500000 - Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
- 92510000 - Library and archive services
- 92512100 - Archive destruction services
- 92622000 - Sports-event organisation services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- 98392000 - Relocation services

## Release History

- 20 Nov 2024 at 14:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037540-2024
- 20 May 2024 at 11:31 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015848-2024
- 17 Apr 2024 at 16:07 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012564-2024
- 22 Mar 2024 at 10:25 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009316-2024
- 31 May 2023 at 14:28 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015435-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/9c24ce91-52ed-4330-980e-8bd6da1cb391
- https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/
- https://www.gov.uk/ccs
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

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