NHS Supply Chain Logistics Services Provider

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.

This includes managing more than 8 million orders per year, across 94,000 order points and 17,465 locations resulting in over 28 million lines of picked goods for delivery to the NHS annually.

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, and the Invitation to Submit Initial Tender (ISIT). A detailed description of the services required is found at Annex 3B of the ISIT

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 estimated contract value does not include any termination assistance required by the Authority.

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 (subcontracted services)

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