# Uniserve

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)](/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care-dhsc/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Uniserve
- Award value: £572,890,310
- Tender value: £572,890,310
- Award date: 30 March 2020
- Published: 21 April 2021
- Contract start: 31 March 2020
- Contract end: 31 December 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b43b1b5d-adac-45ad-9753-5d30b14d8335-430422
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d9a5e42e-218e-469b-84cd-31af9886b397

## Description

The provision of freight services for the supply of personal protective equipment and medical equipment\. DHSC has agreed to extend the existing agreement by an additional 9 months to now expire on 31\.12 2021\. DHSC is extending the contract relying on Regulation 72\(1\)\(b\) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to: a\) Ensure continuity of services whilst competed contracts are fully mobilised, and; b\) Enable goods in transit to complete their journey to long term warehousing including the unloading and release of PPE storage containers\. This will include an increase in contract value under this agreement of £99,500,000\. Please note: this contract was awarded and commenced on 30/03/2020\. Due to a system update it has not been possible to display the awarded date and the commencement date as the same date in this notice so different dates have been entered\. However, as noted this contract was awarded and commenced on 30/03/2020\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b43b1b5d-adac-45ad-9753-5d30b14d8335-430422)