Contract

NHS Supply Chain Logistics Service Provider

  • Supply Chain Coordination Limited

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019035

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03dd4c (view related notices)

Published 6 May 2025, 11:52am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Supply Chain Coordination Limited

Wellington House,133-155 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

Contact

Guy Jennings

Email

guy.jennings@supplychain.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sccl.nhs.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

National or federal Agency/Office

one.5) Main activity

Health


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. 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

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £4,200,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 42965100 - Warehouse management system
  • 66122000 - Corporate finance and venture capital services
  • 72222300 - Information technology services
  • 79993100 - Facilities management services
  • 98910000 - Services specific to international organisations and bodies

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

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

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative / Weighting: 60

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Set out in procurement documents

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-018444

four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice


Section five. Award of contract

Title

NHS Supply Chain Logistics Services Provider

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

2 May 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 8

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 8

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 8

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

GXO

Building 1, 9 Haymarket Square,

Edinburgh

EH3 8RY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £4,200,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS England

Wellington House,133-155 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

Country

United Kingdom