Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Supply Chain
Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Contact
Guy Jennings
scclprocurement@supplychain.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHS Supply Chain Logistics Service Provider
Reference number
Project_1135
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Supply Chain manage the sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. In 2018, SCCL (the management function of the NHS Supply Chain) entered contracts with 11 Category Management Service Providers (CMSPs) to provide goods and services to NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. Goods are delivered through two enabling services which underpin the CMSP model, these enabling services are Logistics and Fulfilment, and Supporting Technology.
NHS Supply Chain currently manages more than 8 million orders per year, across 94,000 order points and 17,465 locations and delivers over 28 million lines of picked goods to the NHS annually. Its systems consolidate orders from over 930 suppliers, saving trusts time and money by removing duplication of overlapping contracts.
As part of the future Operating Model of the NHS Supply Chain, the Authority is seeking to award a contract for the provision of a Logistics Service Provider.
A copy of the Procurement Documentation, including the Descriptive Document, can be obtained from the eProcurement Portal as described within this Contract Notice.
The contract will be for a term of Eighty-Four months (excluding an anticipated five-month initial implementation period). In addition, the contract provides for a potential extension of up to Thirty-Six months, together with a termination assistance period of Twelve months, with the possibility of extension of the termination assistance period to up to Eighteen months. The maximum potential total period of the contract (including the implementation period) is therefore One Hundred and Forty-Three months (i.e., 11 years and 11 months).
The Authority intends to enter into contractual arrangements under which it will be entitled to appoint a Logistics Service Provider to operate on behalf of NHS Supply Chain. Under this contractual agreement, the Logistics Service Provider will supply the services that are critical for the delivery of NHS Supply Chain goods procured under the CMSP frameworks which are available to 1) any NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity or healthcare provider (including private organisations, primary care, community settings, doctors premises, other clinical facilities and social care); 3) any government department, agency, or other statutory body (including Devolved Authorities, Crown Dependencies and/or Pandemic Planning Programmes), 4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector on behalf of a public-sector organisation listed in 1) to 4) above and/or 5) any private residence.
Supply Chain Coordination Limited is seeking a Logistics Service Provider to manage:
Warehousing at Dedicated Sites
Dedicated Fleet and Transport Operations
Inbound Logistics & Transhipment (currently a subcontracted service)
Inventory Management
Carriers and Sub-contracted Transport
Operational Finance and internal audit services
Customer Services
Systems and applications including the implementation of a Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Facilities Management Services
International Inbound Freight Services
A comprehensive description of the services is set out in suite of Procurement Documentation - please see ISIT Document 3, Annex 3B (Service Description).
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-018444
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
i.1
Place of text to be modified
Email Address
Instead of
Text
Nneka.Forrester1@supplychain.nhs.uk