Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c6f-a29a-72ea-8f5c-261fccdeda4a/express-freight-service [Skip to main content](#main-content) closedGBopen procedure # Express Freight Service [Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care-dhsc) Estimated value Not stated Published 1 Jul 2021 Deadline Closed 3 Aug 2021 ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to engage an Express Freight Service (EFS) with global reach and capability. The EFS forms part of the DHSC's National Supply Disruption Response, which is part of the multi-layered approach to help mitigate the impact of disruption to supply of medicines and medical products. It was originally designed to help mitigate disruption in the event of a no deal exit from the EU and has since been used as part of COVID 19 response arrangements when all other options have been exhausted. The new requirement is for a managed service to provide access to a Premium freight service for the transportation of medicines, medical products, medical devices/components of and/ or services related to such products in the event that a supplier's own logistics arrangements are disrupted, and contingency measures fail. The solution may utilise any mode of transport, subject to these being compatible with the transit timescale requirements, conditions of carriage, and the effective mitigation of foreseeable disruption to services. The service will be available for use by Crown Bodies and Crown Dependencies. The contracting authority intends to use the Department of Health and Social Care Atamis eTendering system to manage the tender. Information relating to the tender is available within Atamis. Select this link to access the Atamis system: [health-family.force.com/s/Welcome](https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome). Select 'Opportunities' and then select the DHSC International Freight and Logistics Solutions opportunity. A document that sets out the process can be selected from the opportunity at the 'View Documents' area. If you wish to register an interest, if you have not done so already, register your organisation as a supplier from here [health-family.force.com/s/Welcome](https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome). Once registered, press the 'Register Interest' to login and register your interest. Once you have registered your interest, you may submit clarification requests. Correspondence must be through Atamis. The deadline for clarification questions is 14/07/2021. 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