Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c10-37d5-7098-926f-c508afa006f7/specialist-courier-services closed GB restricted procedure # Specialist Courier Services [University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay Nhs Foundation Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-hospitals-of-morecambe-bay-nhs-foundation-trust) Estimated value £200,000 Published 25 Oct 2017 Deadline Closed 5 Dec 2017 ## About this tender University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a suitably experienced provider who is able to provide specialist courier service in compliance with Crown Commercial Services framework RM3799, specifically in connection with LOT 1: Class 6.2 Infectious Substances (Category A and Category B), Non-Infectious Substances, Biological Substances, Blood and Tissue. UHMBT would like to commission a secure courier service to transport category B Pathology samples to UN3373 standards from sexual health clinics in Essex to the Blood Sciences laboratory at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Samples must be collected from multiple clinics in Essex each evening at appropriate times from Monday to Saturday for delivery to Lancaster by 07:00 the next morning, Tuesday to Sunday. Deliveries will be required on bank holidays. Samples will be collected from unmanned secure SampleSafe boxes and designated manned sites in Essex. Some collections will be time critical. All sample packages must be tracked and temperature controlled during transport. The courier service would be expected to provide specimen transport boxes which comply with the relevant Transport Regulations. Additionally we will require a courier service to transport bulk consumables from Lancaster to each of four hub sites in Essex at least four times each year. The service must be flexible to meet the changing needs of UHMBT and our partner organisation in Essex during the life of the contract e.g. to allow the addition of clinic sites or changes to collection times. Additional information: Please note that only those organisations listed within LOT 1 of Crown Commercial Services Framework RM3799 - Specialist Courier Services will be eligible to apply for this opportunity. The is by Invitation Only. Read full description ## CPV classification Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/6a2f5e81-746c-4ac0-a729-e2bd745cec39) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay Nhs Foundation Trust: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-hospitals-of-morecambe-bay-nhs-foundation-trust) [Sector More Transport services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/transport-services) ## More tenders like this [Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) · East Sussex County Council · 2 days left · 21 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13f8a-8adb-72e8-9a8b-db32496ddfe4/taxi-and-mpv-1-8-seats-taxi-and-mpv-1-8-seats) [Road transport services – Izvajanje prevozov osnovnošolskih otrok v Občini Dravograd od 1. 12. 2026 do 24. 6. 2027 · Občina Dravograd · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-05a6-728a-897c-46739c23f551/slovenia-road-transport-services-izvajanje-prevozov-osnovnosolskih-otrok-v-o) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Servicio de transporte adaptado. · Fundación Uliazpi - Fundación Uliazpi · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2c7a-70d7-b42b-166262cc17ac/spain-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-servicio-de-transpor) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Извършване на специализиран автобусен превоз на работници и служители на “АЕЦ Козлодуй” ЕАД · АЕЦ КОЗЛОДУЙ ЕАД · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8d6e-715b-9cd1-1f387b8b8069/bulgaria-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-izviersvane-na-spe) [Public road transport services – Διακήρυξη Ανοικτού Δημόσιου Διαγωνισμού για την ανάθεση του αποκλειστικού δικαιώματος εκτέλεσης δημόσιων τακτικών \[υπεραστικών\] οδικών μεταφορών επιβατών με λεωφορεία στην Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου με σύμβαση παραχώρησης δημόσιας υπηρεσίας σύμφωνα με τον Κανονισμό 1370/2007 ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΥΠΟΔΟΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ 32 days left 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-6707-706a-937f-c19245bebd8f/greece-public-road-transport-services-diakiriksi-anoiktou-dimosioy-diaghonismo) [Hire of buses and coaches with driver – TRANSPORTE DE PASSAGEIROS EM AUTOCARRO, COM MOTORISTA · Fundação INATEL · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-b8c8-71c9-b41f-6e13952dde52/portugal-hire-of-buses-and-coaches-with-driver-transporte-de-passageiros-em)