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title: "NHS Scotland National Distribution Centre Off-Site Storage"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000607715"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (\"NSS\")"
published: "2019-12-13"
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# NHS Scotland National Distribution Centre Off-Site Storage

Buyer: THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000607715

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## Summary

The procurement process involves a planned tender by The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) for the project titled "NHS Scotland National Distribution Centre Off-Site Storage". This initiative falls within the health industry category and is located in Edinburgh, Scotland. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a communication of a future notice set for 20th January 2020. The primary objective is to secure third-party logistics to manage overflow storage and fulfil day-to-day operations for NHS Scotland’s distribution network, which delivers over 80,000 items weekly to healthcare facilities.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in logistics, warehousing, and supply chain management, particularly those with capacity for high-volume and time-sensitive operations. Companies capable of providing storage solutions for large quantities of goods and ensuring fast retrieval and dispatch will be well-suited to compete. Moreover, businesses that can demonstrate experience in managing health-related logistics or emergency storage scenarios, such as pandemic stock management, will be particularly attractive to the NHS as they seek to enhance their operational efficiency and response capabilities.

## Notice

National Procurement, a division of NHS National Services Scotland, is the Centre of Expertise for Health Procurement established in 2005. We are home to the biggest public sector logistics operation in Scotland. From our Lanarkshire based National Distribution Centre, over 80,000 items are delivered every week to hospital wards, departments and community centres with a 98% on time, first time, in full supply record. We have over 27,000 customers and we make over 1000 trips a month to deliver for them. The distribution centre currently runs near capacity and to meet on-going customer demands we require a third-party logistics to support day-to-day operations. It is envisaged that the third-party logistics supplier would hold around 5,000 pallets of stock and be responsible for picking 10,000 product lines per week. As well as supporting day to day requirements we are also required to store around 3,000 pallets of stock which can be called upon in case of a pandemic situation.

### Lot Information

Additional National Distribution Centre Storage

- storage of overflow items from NDC circa 5,000 pallets, including in bad weather; - receiving containers and Euro pallets for de-stuffing and re-palletising into NDC-compatible pallets for transport by others; - pick, pack and despatch as required, including e.g. advanced pick for Christmas and new builds; - provide a restricted access area for the storage of high value equipment; - provide areas for product recall prior to their transportation to the supplier at very short notice to remove a contaminated product from the NDC.

Storage of Pandemic Stock

- storage of flu pandemic consumables (non-drugs) in two different locations - circa 3,000 pallets in total; - ensuring the items stored are in-date; - disposal of items that are no longer in-date; - items must be ready for transport 4 hours after communication for readiness.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC375094 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Dec 2019 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 20 Jan 2020 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS") |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH12 9EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Drum Brae/Gyle |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
- 63121100 - Storage services

## Release History

- 13 Dec 2019 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC375094

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC375094
  NHS Scotland National Distribution Centre Off-Site Storage - National Procurement, a division of NHS National Services Scotland, is the Centre of Expertise for Health Procurement established in 2005. We are home to the biggest public sector logistics operation in Scotland. From our Lanarkshire based National Distribution Centre, over 80,000 items are delivered every week to hospital wards, departments and community centres with a 98% on time, first time, in full supply record. We have over 27,000 customers and we make over 1000 trips a month to deliver for them. The distribution centre currently runs near capacity and to meet on-going customer demands we require a third-party logistics to support day-to-day operations. It is envisaged that the third-party logistics supplier would hold around 5,000 pallets of stock and be responsible for picking 10,000 product lines per week. As well as supporting day to day requirements we are also required to store around 3,000 pallets of stock which can be called upon in case of a pandemic situation.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000607715
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=607715

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