Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Tender description

Department for Transport with associated Central Government Bodies and Devolved Administrations is leading a procurement to put in place a 4 year Framework Agreement with suitably qualified operators to provide freight capacity as defined in the procurement documents, to support the continued flow of Category 1 goods (those goods identified by the Government as being critical to the preservation of human and animal welfare and/or national security) in light of Disruption Events as part of UK Government’s future resilience planning. Suppliers securing a place on the framework agreement will have the opportunity to take part in ‘call-off’ mini-competitions for freight capacity contracts. The first of these is expected to be in place as part of Government’s contingency planning for a ‘No Deal’ EU Exit on 31.10.2019. The Authority is seeking to put in place a framework of operators of vessels, trains or aircraft (‘Conveyance’) that can be used for the provision of capacity for the transportation of freight vehicles (meaning wheeled goods vehicles (including vans, trucks, lorries, HGVs and other equivalents) or wheeled trailers or semi-trailers to be conveyed intact on the conveyance — whether accompanied or unaccompanied) between the UK and the EEA and/or between Great Britain (‘GB’) and Northern Ireland (‘NI’). The operators will also be required to deliver all actions, incidentals and services required to facilitate the transportation of freight vehicles (including but not limited to ticketing services, marketing, operations, etc.) in order to meet the strategic objective of supporting the continued flow of Category 1 Goods in light of Disruption Events. Category 1 Goods are those goods identified by the Government as being critical to the preservation of human and animal welfare and/or national security. Note that the goods within scope or identified as Category 1 may be reviewed by the Government from time to time. Scope: To put in place a framework of operators who can deliver the required capacity for the transportation of freight vehicles (including ticketing services and allocation of capacity following rules defined by the Contracting Authority): — via any conveyance, — between the United Kingdom (‘UK’) and the European Economic Area (‘EEA’) and/or between Great Britain (“GB”) and Northern Ireland (‘NI’), — including all actions, incidentals and services required to facilitate the transportation (including but not limited to ticketing services, marketing, operations, etc.), — existing capacity (i.e. capacity that is already available on the open market) and new capacity (means capacity not already available on the open market) options, — accompanied and/or unaccompanied capacity options, — terminal to terminal transportation only (‘Terminal’ meaning operational area at which a conveyance will arrive or depart and where the conveyance can be accessed by the freight vehicle). Full detail on the eligibility criteria can be found in the procurement documents, to participate in the procurement and access the procurement documents on the Authority’s e-Sourcing portal please email fcp@dft.gov.uk The Freight Capacity Framework Agreement is for use by Departments, their Agencies and ALBs; DFT, DHSC, DEFRA, BEIS, each of the Devolved Administrations and their Agencies and ALBs, including the Welsh Government; Velindre NHS Trust, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services (on behalf of All Wales Health Boards and Trusts); Scottish Government and its Agencies; Northern Ireland Government Departments, and their Agencies, ALBs, including NI Water and Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, and Non Departmental Public Bodies as listed and maintained by the Northern Ireland Government on their website at https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/list-public-bodies-which-can-participate-cpd-collaborative- frameworks or any replacement or updated web-link and the Central Government Ministerial Departments listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link.