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RM6354 Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions

  • First published: 17 June 2025
  • Last modified: 17 June 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-0503cc
Published by:
Crown Commercial Service
Authority ID:
AA25880
Publication date:
17 June 2025
Deadline date:
30 June 2025
Notice type:
UK2
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This framework agreement will provide courier, distribution, storage and specialist solutions for all public sector organisations.The lots are:Lot 1a International StorageLot 1b Air Freight and Air Charter ServicesLot 1c Rail FreightLot 1d Road FreightLot 1e Sea FreightLot 1f Managed service for International Storage, and TransportationLot 2a Storage Solutions.Lot 2b Kitting, Fulfilment and Asset Management.Lot 2c Transport and Distribution.Lot 2d Managed Service for Storage and Distribution.Lot 2e Managed Service for the Storage and Distribution of Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Associated Medical ProductsLot 3a Collection and Delivery ServicesLot 3b Secure ServicesLot 3c Secure Collection and Delivery of Examination, Test Papers and Materials.Lot 3d Managed Service for Specialist MovementsLot 3e International Courier ServicesLot 4a Managed Service for the Transportation and Disposal of Firearms, Weapons and Explosives (Class 1)Lot 4b Managed Service for Recycling and DisposalLot 4c Managed Service for Asset RecoveryThis agreement replaces RM6171Courier and Specialist Movements and RM6282 Storage, Distribution, Kitting and Associated Services.

Full notice text

Scope

Procurement reference

RM6354

Procurement description

This framework agreement will provide courier, distribution, storage and specialist solutions for all public sector organisations.

The lots are:

Lot 1a International Storage

Lot 1b Air Freight and Air Charter Services

Lot 1c Rail Freight

Lot 1d Road Freight

Lot 1e Sea Freight

Lot 1f Managed service for International Storage, and Transportation

Lot 2a Storage Solutions.

Lot 2b Kitting, Fulfilment and Asset Management.

Lot 2c Transport and Distribution.

Lot 2d Managed Service for Storage and Distribution.

Lot 2e Managed Service for the Storage and Distribution of Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Associated Medical Products

Lot 3a Collection and Delivery Services

Lot 3b Secure Services

Lot 3c Secure Collection and Delivery of Examination, Test Papers and Materials.

Lot 3d Managed Service for Specialist Movements

Lot 3e International Courier Services

Lot 4a Managed Service for the Transportation and Disposal of Firearms, Weapons and Explosives (Class 1)

Lot 4b Managed Service for Recycling and Disposal

Lot 4c Managed Service for Asset Recovery

This agreement replaces RM6171Courier and Specialist Movements and RM6282 Storage, Distribution, Kitting and Associated Services.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

  • UK - United Kingdom
  • GG - Guernsey
  • IM - Isle of Man
  • JE - Jersey
  • AI - Anguilla
  • BM - Bermuda
  • FK - Falkland Islands
  • GI - Gibraltar
  • GS - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • IO - British Indian Ocean Territory
  • KY - Cayman Islands
  • MS - Montserrat
  • PN - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
  • SH - Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • TC - Turks and Caicos Islands
  • VG - British Virgin Islands

Total value (estimated)

3680000000 GBP Excluding VAT

4600000000 GBP Including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

07 January 2026, 00:00AM to 06 January 2030, 23:59PM

Is a framework being established?

Yes

Contracting authority

Crown Commercial Service

Identification register:

  • GB-PPON

Address 1: 9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street

Town/City: Liverpool

Postcode: L3 9PP

Country: United Kingdom

Website: https://www.gov.uk/ccs

Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBZB-4962-TVLR

NUTS code: UKD72

Email: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Telephone: +44 3454102222

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Procedure

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

Lots

Divided into 1 lots

Lot number: 1

CPV classifications

  • 15991000 - Tobacco goods
  • 75131000 - Government services
  • 24000000 - Chemical products
  • 24600000 - Explosives
  • 24610000 - Prepared explosives
  • 33141000 - Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables
  • 33141510 - Blood products
  • 33141620 - Medical kits
  • 33141625 - Diagnostic kits
  • 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 33620000 - Medicinal products for the blood, blood-forming organs and the cardiovascular system
  • 33651000 - General anti-infectives for systemic use and vaccines
  • 33651600 - Vaccines
  • 33680000 - Pharmaceutical articles
  • 33690000 - Various medicinal products
  • 33698100 - Microbiological cultures
  • 33954000 - Biological evidence collection kits
  • 35300000 - Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
  • 35320000 - Firearms
  • 39241100 - Knives
  • 42961400 - Dispatch system
  • 42965100 - Warehouse management system
  • 42998000 - Pallet-picking system
  • 42998100 - Pallet-retrieving system
  • 43411000 - Sorting and screening machines
  • 44143000 - Pallets
  • 44423300 - Goods-handling equipment
  • 44613300 - Standard freight containers
  • 44613400 - Storage containers
  • 44614300 - Container storage system
  • 45111200 - Site preparation and clearance work
  • 48311100 - Document management system
  • 48720000 - Bar coding software package
  • 48921000 - Automation system
  • 50117300 - Reconditioning services of vehicles
  • 50118110 - Vehicle towing-away services
  • 50118400 - Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles
  • 50190000 - Demolition services of vehicles
  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
  • 60100000 - Road transport services
  • 60160000 - Mail transport by road
  • 60161000 - Parcel transport services
  • 60200000 - Railway transport services
  • 60400000 - Air transport services
  • 60420000 - Non-scheduled air transport services
  • 60423000 - Air-charter services
  • 60600000 - Water transport services
  • 60640000 - Shipping operations
  • 63000000 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
  • 63100000 - Cargo handling and storage services
  • 63110000 - Cargo handling services
  • 63111000 - Container handling services
  • 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
  • 63121000 - Storage and retrieval services
  • 63121100 - 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
  • 64100000 - Post and courier services
  • 64113000 - Postal services related to parcels
  • 64120000 - Courier services
  • 64121000 - Multi-modal courier services
  • 64121200 - Parcel delivery services
  • 70122100 - Land sale services
  • 70123000 - Sale of real estate
  • 70123100 - Sale of residential real estate
  • 70123200 - Sale of non-residential estate
  • 71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
  • 71631000 - Technical inspection services
  • 71632000 - Technical testing services
  • 71900000 - Laboratory services
  • 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
  • 75130000 - Supporting services for the government
  • 79342400 - Auction services
  • 79342410 - Electronic auction services
  • 79920000 - Packaging and related services
  • 79957000 - Auction organisation services
  • 79991000 - Stock-control services
  • 85111800 - Pathology services
  • 85111810 - Blood analysis services
  • 85111820 - Bacteriological analysis services
  • 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories
  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
  • 90511000 - Refuse collection services
  • 90512000 - Refuse transport services
  • 90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
  • 90520000 - Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services
  • 90523100 - Weapons and ammunition disposal services
  • 90524400 - Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste
  • 90900000 - Cleaning and sanitation services
  • 92512100 - Archive destruction services

Delivery regions

  • UK - United Kingdom
  • GG - Guernsey
  • IM - Isle of Man
  • JE - Jersey
  • AI - Anguilla
  • BM - Bermuda
  • FK - Falkland Islands
  • GI - Gibraltar
  • GS - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • IO - British Indian Ocean Territory
  • KY - Cayman Islands
  • MS - Montserrat
  • PN - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
  • SH - Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • TC - Turks and Caicos Islands
  • VG - British Virgin Islands

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Contract start date (estimated)

07 January 2026, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

06 January 2030, 23:59PM

Engagement

Engagement process description

Prior to the Act coming into force, earlier preliminary market engagement was also undertaken, and notice of it provided in an FO1 Prior Information Notice PIN (2024/S 000-001894)

The following engagement sessions have taken place:

Market Engagement webinar introduction sessions March 2024

Supplier 121’s March – 2024- May 2025

Procurement update December 2024.

Supplier how to bid webinars are taking place on the 19th, 23rd and 25th June and these are open to all suppliers.

Due date

30 June 2025, 23:59PM

Has the engagement period already ended?

No

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

25 July 2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
60400000 Air transport services Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
60423000 Air-charter services Non-scheduled air transport services
92512100 Archive destruction services Archive services
79957000 Auction organisation services Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
79342400 Auction services Marketing services
48921000 Automation system Office automation software package
85111820 Bacteriological analysis services Hospital services
48720000 Bar coding software package Software package utilities
33954000 Biological evidence collection kits Clinical forensics equipment and supplies
85111810 Blood analysis services Hospital services
33141510 Blood products Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables
50118400 Breakdown and recovery services for motor vehicles Automobile emergency road services
63100000 Cargo handling and storage services Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
63110000 Cargo handling services Cargo handling and storage services
24000000 Chemical products Materials and Products
90900000 Cleaning and sanitation services Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
90524400 Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste Medical waste services
63111000 Container handling services Cargo handling services
44614300 Container storage system Casks
64120000 Courier services Post and courier services
50190000 Demolition services of vehicles Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
33141625 Diagnostic kits Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables
42961400 Dispatch system Command and control system
33141000 Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables Medical consumables
48311100 Document management system Document management software package
79342410 Electronic auction services Marketing services
24600000 Explosives Chemical products
35320000 Firearms Weapons, ammunition and associated parts
63521000 Freight transport agency services Transport agency services
33651000 General anti-infectives for systemic use and vaccines General anti-infectives for systemic use, vaccines, antineoplastic and immunodulating agents
44423300 Goods-handling equipment Miscellaneous articles
75131000 Government services Supporting services for the government
39241100 Knives Knives and scissors
71900000 Laboratory services Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
70122100 Land sale services Land sale or purchase services
60160000 Mail transport by road Road transport services
33141620 Medical kits Disposable non-chemical medical consumables and haematological consumables
33620000 Medicinal products for the blood, blood-forming organs and the cardiovascular system Pharmaceutical products
33698100 Microbiological cultures Clinical products
64121000 Multi-modal courier services Courier services
90513000 Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services Refuse disposal and treatment
60420000 Non-scheduled air transport services Air transport services
79920000 Packaging and related services Miscellaneous business and business-related services
42998000 Pallet-picking system Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
42998100 Pallet-retrieving system Pallet-picking system
44143000 Pallets Products related to construction materials
64121200 Parcel delivery services Multi-modal courier services
60161000 Parcel transport services Mail transport by road
85111800 Pathology services Hospital services
33680000 Pharmaceutical articles Pharmaceutical products
33600000 Pharmaceutical products Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
63523000 Port and forwarding agency services Transport agency services
64100000 Post and courier services Postal and telecommunications services
64113000 Postal services related to parcels Postal services
24610000 Prepared explosives Explosives
90520000 Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services Refuse and waste related services
60200000 Railway transport services Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
50117300 Reconditioning services of vehicles Vehicle conversion and reconditioning services
90500000 Refuse and waste related services Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
90511000 Refuse collection services Refuse disposal and treatment
90512000 Refuse transport services Refuse disposal and treatment
60100000 Road transport services Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
70123200 Sale of non-residential estate Sale of real estate
70123000 Sale of real estate Buying and selling of real estate
70123100 Sale of residential real estate Sale of real estate
85145000 Services provided by medical laboratories Miscellaneous health services
63522000 Ship brokerage services Transport agency services
60640000 Shipping operations Water transport services
45111200 Site preparation and clearance work Demolition, site preparation and clearance work
43411000 Sorting and screening machines Mineral-processing machinery
44613300 Standard freight containers Large containers
79991000 Stock-control services Miscellaneous business-related services
63121000 Storage and retrieval services Storage and warehousing services
63120000 Storage and warehousing services Cargo handling and storage services
44613400 Storage containers Large containers
63121100 Storage services Storage and retrieval services
63710000 Support services for land transport Support services for land, water and air transport
63700000 Support services for land, water and air transport Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
63711000 Support services for railway transport Support services for land transport
63000000 Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services Transport and Related Services
75130000 Supporting services for the government Administration services
72225000 System quality assurance assessment and review services Systems and technical consultancy services
71630000 Technical inspection and testing services Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
71631000 Technical inspection services Technical inspection and testing services
71632000 Technical testing services Technical inspection and testing services
71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
15991000 Tobacco goods Tobacco, tobacco goods and supplies
63524000 Transport document preparation services Transport agency services
60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Transport and Related Services
33651600 Vaccines General anti-infectives for systemic use and vaccines
33690000 Various medicinal products Pharmaceutical products
50118110 Vehicle towing-away services Automobile emergency road services
42965100 Warehouse management system Information-processing equipment
63122000 Warehousing services Storage and warehousing services
60600000 Water transport services Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
90523100 Weapons and ammunition disposal services Toxic waste disposal services except radioactive waste and contaminated soil
35300000 Weapons, ammunition and associated parts Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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