Expired contract

Courier and Specialist Movements

Details

Buyer: Crown Commercial Service
Supplier(s): See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list, Crown Commercial Service
Value: £2,000,000,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Courier services
Published: 9 September 2021
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative agreement for the provision of Courier and Specialist Movements to be utilised by central government departments and all other UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, devolved administrations and charities. This commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all courier and specialist movements required by UK public sector bodies, which include central government departments and their arm's length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies, NHS bodies, local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, charities and devolved administrations. The duration of the framework agreement is four (4) years with the option to enable customers to let a call-off agreement that may extend beyond the life of the framework agreement. Lot 1: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative agreement for the provision of Courier and Specialist Movements to be utilised by central government departments and all other UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, devolved administrations and charities. This commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all courier and specialist movements required by UK public sector bodies, which include central government departments and their arm's length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies, NHS bodies, local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, charities and devolved administrations.

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 August 2021
Completed: Award published9 September 2021
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date10 February 2026

About the buyer

The Government Commercial Agency (CCS) is the UK's central buying body, renamed from the Crown Commercial Service in April 2026. As CCS, it ran national buying agreements for public and non-profit bodies across the UK. Government departments and local authorities drew on it as a shared procurement route. Buyers reached suppliers through frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems, dynamic markets and catalogues. Framework places were advertised on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and its agreements page. Registration ran through an eSourcing portal, a selection questionnaire and a tender assessment on quality and price. Suppliers paid a commission on sales rather than a fee to join.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of CCS's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

64120000 · Courier services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@crown-commercial-service.gov