# Express Freight Service

> Tender notice 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)
- Tender value: £5,800,000
- Published: 25 May 2023
- Planned start: 1 November 2023
- Planned end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e95356aa-bf25-4ed3-a50a-e8c69f29cf24-648320
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ea8597e5-c892-4bf6-86a6-95a080a8aedb

## Description

Contract Project Reference: C166140 Title: Express Freight Service Description of the service: The Express Freight Service \(EFS\) is part of the Department of Health and Social Care's \(DHSC\) National Supply Disruption Response and is a contingency arrangement put in place to help mitigate the impact of disruption to supply of medicines and medical products Contract term: 17 months with the option to extend for a period or periods of up to further 12 months Estimated contract value \(including extensions\): £5,800,000 excluding VAT \(£4,800,000 including VAT\) The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System\. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family\.force\.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so\. To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select "Find Opportunities" and then search by project number or title\. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the 'Register Interest' button to register your interest\. This will make the project to appear on 'My proposals and quotes'\. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity\. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document\. Deadline for submission: noon 09/06/2023 CPV Codes: 60000000 NUTS Code: UKI32 \(Westminster\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e95356aa-bf25-4ed3-a50a-e8c69f29cf24-648320)