Cargo handling and storage services

Tender description

HMRC and The Home Office acting through Border Force are giving potential suppliers early notification of an emerging requirement for national haulage and storage services, some further detail is provided in the lot descriptions. It is not possible at this stage to provide any further details regarding the procurement as the approach has not yet been finalised. HMRC is seeking to engage a supplier (or suppliers) to provide a facility or facilities at one or a number of UK inland locations on a permanent basis. The supplier(s) will establish and operate inland depots and storage locations for sea, air, road and rail freight. Imported goods will be directed securely to the inland facilities for a detailed inspection and may then subsequently be wholly or partially released, stored pending further process, and/or ultimately disposed. HMRC intends to hold a Supplier Day in May/June 2018, further details will be available via HMRCs SAP Ariba. At the Supplier Day more detail regarding the opportunity will be shared during and you will be given an opportunity for a one-to-one meeting. Border Force is a Directorate of the Home Office. Border Force intends to establish one or more contracting vehicle(s) for the provision of services for the Haulage and Storage (including commercial storage) of seized goods and vehicles. The resulting contract(s) will form part of Border Force’s Haulage, Storage and Disposals (HSD) suite of contracts, additionally used by HMRC and the National Crime Agency. The following goods are expected to be within the scope of this service provision (this list is not exhaustive): — Cigarettes and tobacco products, — Alcohol products, — Vehicles including cars, light commercial vehicles, HGVs, plant, coaches, caravans, boats and aircraft, — Products of Animal Origin and Plant Based Goods, — Counterfeit products, including electrical items, clothing and footwear, — Packaging materials, — Other miscellaneous goods, — Items used to aid illicit entry in to the UK i.e. goods used as cover loads.