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Published 15 Feb 2023, 17:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2332/22 - Contract for Courier Services (Ambient, Chilled and Frozen Samples)

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Awarded value£600,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2023awarded 26 May 2023
Awarded to Quick International UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s) requires temperature-controlled transport of biological samples (classed as UN3373, biological substances category B non-hazardous) from various sites across the UK, Europe and Rest of World to the Centre for Experimental Medicine (The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL) within the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (SMBDS), and vice versa.The current locations are specified in Appendix 2 – Tender Response (Price). Queen’s reserves the right to expand the list of locations throughout the Contract Period. Queen’s reserves the right to expand the collection and delivery of samples to all Schools/Centres within the University.The conditions for transportation will either be ambient, chilled or frozen samples. When requested by Queen’s, shipments will require temperature monitoring throughout transit.The contract will initially be for 12 months,

  • Recurrence: On expiration of contract

CPV: Courier services · Multi-modal courier services · Post and courier services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Contract for Courier Services (Ambient, Chilled and Frozen Samples)AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options to extend for a further 48 months. · Option to extend for a further 48 months.Variant bids: not allowed
64100000 Post and courier services64120000 Courier services64121000 Multi-modal courier services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · On expiration of contract
First published
15 Feb 2023, 17:20 GMT
Last source update
26 May 2023, 09:00 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2332/22
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015022
Classification (CPV)
Courier servicesMulti-modal courier servicesPost and courier services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a601 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
20 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Mar 2023, 16:10 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelf… ↗

Timeline

20 Mar 2023 → 26 May 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Mar 2023, 16:10 GMT
  3. Notice published
    26 May 2023, 09:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 May 2023, 09:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £600,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 May 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Quick International UK LtdSME£600,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract for Courier Services (Ambient, Chilled and Frozen Samples) · Quick International UK LtdSME

    Signed
    26 May 2023
    Value
    £600,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Road, , Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria