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Courier Services for Hampshire Scientific Services
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £628,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Fri 25 Sep 2026, 14:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 25 Sep 2026, 14:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Hampshire County Council (the Authority) is tendering a contract for courier services to support Hampshire Scientific Services ("HSS").
HSS provides scientific advisory and analytical services to UK public authorities and is accredited to high quality standards required by Government. Under the Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) arrangements, HSS coordinates the transport of time‑critical food and feed enforcement samples from East Suffolk ports to designated laboratories in Kent and Hampshire. These samples are collected for enforcement testing and are highly time‑critical, with some requiring collection, delivery, and analysis within a strict 24 hour window. Maintaining chain of custody, sample integrity, and timely delivery is critical to statutory enforcement work.
The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a suitably capable same‑day courier to deliver a robust, reliable and responsive service. The supplier will be required to provide secure, direct transport that preserves chain of custody and sample integrity, avoiding hub consolidation or processes that add delay or risk, and to provide scalable capacity to meet weekday demand with occasional weekend requirements.
The contract will be for an initial period of 19 months, with the option to extend for up to 2 additional 12-month periods. The Authority reserves the option to reduce the 19 month term by 7 days (1 week), so that the initial term would end on 29th June 2028. Any additional periods would then also reflect that amended date. This is to ensure this contract is co-terminus with the Authority's underlying contracts with the ports set out in the Specification.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 64120000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 2 Jul 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 2 July 2026.
Release 062122-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Aug 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 24 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Fri 25 Sep 2026, 14:00 BST.
Release 080477-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 30 Oct 2026Notice
Notice published 30 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 103064-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
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- Source
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- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Sat 31 Oct 2026, 06:09 GMT
- Read at
- Sat 31 Oct 2026, 08:22 GMT
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