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Future Defence Support Services (FDSS)

Descriptions

Commodities - Sourcing & Procurement, Inventory Management, Logistics & Distribution (UK and International) and Storage & Stock Management of circa 400K commodities. The winning bidder will be required to source circa 180K of those 400K items. The remaining 220K items will be sourced by MOD teams and the winning bidder will be required to warehouse/stock manage and distribute those items.

Some items will require additional services e.g. repair, maintenance, service and calibration.

Example of scope of commodities that the winning bidder will be responsible for, using the classification of the Nato Supply Group, are:

• Hardware and Abrasives - 92500

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components - 51500

• Clothing, Individual Equipment, Insignia, and Jewellery - 28500

• Vehicular Equipment Components - 21500

• Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment & Supplies - 18000

• Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings - 18000

• Electric Wire, and Power and Distribution Equipment - 14000

• Instruments and Laboratory Equipment - 12000

• Hand Tools - 12000

• Other - 12000

• Valves - 10500

• Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment - 6500

• Lighting Fixtures and Lamps - 6500

• Communication, Detection & Coherent Radiation Equipment - 6000

• Bearings - 5500

• Miscellaneous - 5000

• Household and Commercial Furnishings and Appliances - 5000

• Aerospace Craft Components and Accessories - 4500

• Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment - 4500

• Engine Accessories - 4000

• Fire Control Equipment - 3500

• Textiles, Leather, Furs, Apparel and Shoe Findings, Tents & Flags - 3000

• Aerospace Craft and Structural Components - 3000

• Ship and Marine Equipment - 2500

• Pumps and Compressors - 2500

• Firefighting, Rescue & Safety Equipment; and Environmental Protection Equipment & Materials - 2500

• Recreational and Athletic Equipment - 2500

• Brushes, Paints, Sealers, and Adhesives - 2500

• Containers, Packaging, and Packing Supplies - 2000

• Information Technology Equipment (Including Firmware), Software, Supplies & Support Equipment - 2000

• Rope, Cable, Chain, and Fittings - 2000

• Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Air Circulating Equipment - 2000

• Engines, Turbines, and Components - 1500

• Materials Handling Equipment - 1500

• Food Preparation and Serving Equipment -1500

• Metal Bars, Sheets, and Shapes - 1500

• Metalworking Machinery - 1500

• Operational Ration Packs - 1500

• Furniture - 1500

• Non-metallic Fabricated Materials - 1500

• Chemicals and Chemical Products - 1000

• Aerospace Craft Launching, Landing, Ground Handling & Servicing Equipment -1000

• Training Aids and Devices - 1000

• Measuring Tools - 1000

• Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment - 1000

• Cleaning Equipment and Supplies - 1000

• Books, Maps, and Other Publications -1000

• Office Supplies and Devices - 1000

• Prefabricated Structures and Scaffolding - 500

• Fuels, Lubricants, Oils, and Waxes - 500

• Construction and Building Materials - 500

• Alarm, Signal and Security Detection Systems - 500

• Subsistence - 500

• Lumber, Millwork, Plywood, and Veneer - 500

• Fiber Optics Materials, Components, Assemblies & Accessories - 500

• Special Industry Machinery - 500

• Tyres and Tubes - 500

• Agricultural Machinery and Equipment - 500

• Photographic Equipment - 500

• Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment - 500

• Service and Trade Equipment - 500

• Construction, Mining, Excavating & Highway Maintenance Equipment - 500

• Musical Instruments, Phonographs & Home-Type Radios - 500

• Woodworking Machinery and Equipment - 500

• Ground Effect Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Trailers & Cycles - 500

• Toiletries - 500

• Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks - 100

• Office Machines, Text Processing Systems & Visible Record Equipment - 100

• Agricultural Supplies - 100

• Ores, Minerals, and Their Primary Products - 100

• Tractors - 100

• Railway Equipment - 100

• Non-metallic Crude Materials -100

The Sourcing, Procurement and Inventory Management & Planning and Storage & Distribution of commodities under a one (1) Lot Model.

The Authority's objective is to enhance resilience, agility, and scalability to better support the latest Defence Planning Assumptions in the Defence Support and Supply Chain strategies.

This will include the need for suppliers to use a combination of MOD-owned and Supplier-Provided warehousing estate.

The scope of activity required by the Authority necessitate the use of supplier IS/IT that interface with MOD owned/operated IS/IT to meet the requirement.

By its nature, MOD expects to see SME involvement in the sourcing of the commodities but managed holistically by the winning Bidders.

Value of goods, services or works is £6-9Bn across the life of the contract.

Classification is OFFICIAL - SENSITIVE

The Cyber Risk Profile is High - RAR-250417A05

The pricing model will be based on performance and will include incentivisation

The Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code is 75131000

Potential Future scope during the duration of the contract may include:

Electro-Medical Equipment Support

Global Hubs

Storage of Military Aircraft and Equipment

Storage of Military Vehicles

Timeline

Pretender :

Not Identified

Published Date :

24th Jun 2025 1 month ago

Deadline :

24th Jun 2026 in a 10 months

Contract Start :

4th Jun 2028

Contract End :

4th Jun 2038

Keywords

bulk food items

assorted groceries

mixed food supplies

institutional food packs

varied food ingredients

general food stock

diverse edibles

apparel

shoes

bags

workwear

travel gear

protective clothing

footwear

luggage

industrial chemicals

laboratory reagents

specialty compounds

bulk chemicals

stationery kit

desktop accessories

filing consumables

general office items

paper fasteners

medical consumables

healthcare disposables

single-use medical items

clinical consumables

pathology dissection instruments

dissection tools

pathology supplies

autopsy scissors

forceps

probes

dissection kits

specimen handling tools

medical dissection instruments

pathology lab equipment

dispatch system

logistics dispatch software

resource allocation

job dispatching

routing coordination

operations dispatch control

construction materials

building supplies

masonry products

construction accessories

bulk building items

goods-handling equipment

material handling equipment

trolleys

pallet jacks

handling carts

load conveyors

warehouse equipment

handling platforms

lifting carts

transfer trolleys

road mail delivery

postal parcel transit

interstate mail carriage

mailbag road shipping

courier mail service

rural mail transport

post van operation

letter post delivery

road postal logistics

mail centre dispatch routing

intercity train transport

scheduled rail passenger service

freight rail haulage

commuter train operations

rail logistic service

railway carriage provision

train route management

cargo rail transport

passenger rail transit

rail network service

air passenger transport

commercial flight operations

cargo air shipment

airline service provision

scheduled airline transport

charter flight operations

commercial aviation service

air freight transport

airline route service

aeroplane passenger service

marine freight forwarding

ocean cargo shipping

maritime transport logistics

vessel cargo operations

seafreight service

international shipping coordination

maritime freight handling

ship-based goods transport

coastal shipping service

global cargo shipping

cargo loading service

port cargo handling

freight storage provision

warehouse handling operation

goods handling service

container yard service

goods consolidation service

cargo unloading assistance

freight staging service

logistics payload management

container loading service

TEU container handling

port container transfer

freight container operation

intermodal container handling

container yard operations

container stacking service

shipping container load/unload

ISO container handling

terminal container service

goods warehousing service

inventory storage provision

cold storage rental

bonded warehouse operation

distribution center service

bulk storage depot

container storage yard service

secure warehouse rental

storage logistics support

goods retention service

freight agency operations

cargo booking service

transport coordination service

shipment brokerage

haulage arrangement

logistics agency facilitation

transport order management

freight forwarding support

carrier liaison service

transport booking coordination

inventory control

stock monitoring

warehouse tracking

stocktaking

inventory audits

goods tracking

material management

item scanning

reorder planning

supply control

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Details

Notice Type :

Open opportunity

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

TenderBase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Region :

North Region

Attachments :

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

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