Freight transport agency services

Tender description

The Higher Education Sector in the UK currently spends in the region of 5 000 000 GBP each year on Freight and Haulage related services. This covers a number of areas including: — Lot 1 — Exhibition Freight, — Lot 2 — in the structure of the Dynamic Purchasing System has in scope all freight and haulage requirements outside of the Exhibition Freight Specialism. Exhibition Freight — mainly related to International Student Recruitment fairs arranged by organisations such as the British Council. These will require a fully managed service provision transporting the equipment and promotional material, delivering to site at location at a confirmed date and return following the event. Due to the timing required this could involve storage and will require suppliers to complete relevant documentation involving import/export regulation at both destination and source. This area is considered specialist and accounts for in the region of 1 500 000 GBP per annum in the sector so will be an individual lot within the Dynamic Purchasing System structure. Lot 2 in the structure of the Dynamic Purchasing System has in scope all freight and haulage requirements outside of the Exhibition Freight Specialism. This may include but not be limited to: — Transport of educational materials, — Transport of laboratory equipment, — Transport of machinery, — Transport of Office Equipment.