Published date: 8 January 2025
Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
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Closing: 28 January 2025, 1pm
Contract summary
Industry
Post and courier services - 64100000
Courier services - 64120000
Multi-modal courier services - 64121000
Location of contract
Rest of the World
Value of contract
£1,800,000 to £2,100,000
Procurement reference
ITT1021659
Published date
8 January 2025
Closing date
28 January 2025
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
1 April 2025
Contract end date
29 March 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
What is an open procedure (above threshold)?
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Courier Services
Through this invitation to tender (ITT) British Council is looking to hire a professional courier company to provide efficient and cost-effective delivery solution for business-critical service, who can manage the complete courier operation in SSA within local markets and the Region.
2.2 The purpose and scope of this ITT and supporting documents is to explain in further detail the requirements of the British Council and the process for submitting a tender proposal.
2.3 The objective is to create a framework of supplier(s) for British Council who can provide courier services within International, local markets and the Region most effectively to ensure value for money. The tendering process is to create a framework of supplier(s) for our services;
International Courier Services
Local and Regional Courier Services
2.4 How the framework Contract is expected to be structured:
The Framework Contract is a 3-split in 3 different Clusters within SSA. Further information around what general service requirements under this framework can be found in section 7 of this document. For clarity each of the Lots are as below: Lot Number
Lot 1
Lot 2 International Courier Services
Local & Regional Courier Services Southern Africa Cluster-Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa
Lot 3 Local & Regional Courier Services East Africa Cluster-Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia
Lot 4 West Africa Cluster-Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal
More information
Attachments
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Annex 3 Supplier Response - SSA Courier Services.docx
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Bidding documents
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Annex 3-Supplier Response Document
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Annex 2 Qualification Questionnaire - SSA Courier.pdf
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Bidding documents
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Annex 2-Qualification Questionnairre
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Annex 1 - Framework Agreement.pdf
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Bidding documents
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Annex 1-Framework Agreement
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LOT 1-Annex 4-SSA Courier Tender Pricing Approach.xlsx
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Bidding documents
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LOT 1-International Courier Services
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LOT 2-Annex 4-SSA Local and Regional Courier Tender Pricing Approach.xlsx
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Bidding documents
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LOT 2-National and Regional Courier Southern Africa
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LOT 3- Annex 4-SSA Local and Regional Courier Tender Pricing Approach.xlsx
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Bidding documents
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LOT 3-National and Regional Courier East Africa
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LOT 4-Annex 4-SSA Local and Regional Courier Tender Pricing Approach.xlsx
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Bidding documents
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LOT 4-National and Regional Courier West Africa
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Invitation to Tender (ITT) - SSA Local & Regional Courier Services.pdf
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Tender notice
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1 The primary objective of this project is to contract capable service providers for end-to-end delivery of British Council consignments/ couriers. They include confidential materials such as (but not exclusively) exams papers that British Council conducts on behalf of respective boards and bodies. This is to be done in a timely, sufficiently fast, secure, effective and efficient manner while deriving saving from the quantities for the British Council. The contracted service providers will be expected to introduce further efficiencies, standardisation and scalability in the delivery process. The service provider shall ensure security checks are done for the courier personnel who will working on BC assignments. All this shall be delivered under secure and confidential conditions, meeting British Council and Examinations Boards standards, which shall be shared with the successful suppliers.
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Invitation to Tender (ITT) - SSA Local & Regional Courier Services.pdf
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Tender notice
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The primary objective of this project is to contract capable service providers for end-to-end delivery of British Council consignments/ couriers. They include confidential materials such as (but not exclusively) exams papers that British Council conducts on behalf of respective boards and bodies. This is to be done in a timely, sufficiently fast, secure, effective and efficient manner while deriving saving from the quantities for the British Council. The contracted service providers will be expected to introduce further efficiencies, standardisation and scalability in the delivery process. The service provider shall ensure security checks are done for the courier personnel who will working on BC assignments. All this shall be delivered under secure and confidential conditions, meeting British Council and Examinations Boards standards, which shall be shared with the successful suppliers.
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How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
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