Provision of Courier and Warehouse Services

The Authority requires a courier and warehouse service to provide both regular scheduled deliveries and collections to GP surgeries and other clinical establishments and ad-hoc deliveries and collections. Due to the nature of the services provided by the Authority the ad-hoc courier requirements could be at any time 24 hours, 365 days per The Authority requires courier services, as a minimum, for the following types of goods:

- Pathology Samples - Blood Products - Controlled Drugs - Medicine - Medicinal Products (Leaches/Maggots) - Packages on Dry Ice - Patient cells in vapour phase liquid nitrogen "dry-shippers" - Medical Equipment - Medical correspondence - GP Services consumables - International deliveries - Make collections/deliveries to Patients/Carers - Frozen lines - Ultra low temperature items . Warehouse services are also required

Additional information: The Authority will assess the information which you provide with your SSQ response (responding to sections 1.2, 4.1 and 5), in conjunction with the financial risk report obtained from Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent, and provided to the Authority, to determine whether the Tenderer (or its guarantor) has the necessary economic and financial standing to deliver the contract in accordance with the Authority's requirements. Supplier must have a D & B (or equivalent credit rating report) of Low or Low/Moderate Overall Business Risk, and be able to pass the following financial factors.

In making this assessment, the Authority will consider the following factors, in combination, as measures of the Tenderer's (or its guarantor's) financial standing:

1. Financial stability: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate stable trading and strong net assets position, including whether it has consistently made a profit over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years); 2. Liquidity and cash position: Whether the Tenderer (or any guarantor) can demonstrate a low risk liquidity and cash position, typically showing a current ratio value of >1 over the last two financial years (or the number of years of trading if less than two years); 3. Scale: That the indicative contract value does not form a disproportionate proportion of the Tenderer's (or any guarantor's) business, typically that the Tenderer's annual turnover is at least twice the indicative contract value 4. Other financial concerns: Whether the financial report obtained from Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent in relation to the Tenderer (or any guarantor) or other financial information relating to the Tenderer which is in the public domain, identifies any other material concerns as to the Tenderer's financial standing or stability. Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Detail