Closed
Provision of Courier Services
Tender ID: 468677
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
185
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
1 September 2021
Closing Date:
29 September 2021
Tender Description
BACKGROUND
Dental Health Services Victoria
Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) is the lead public oral health agency for Victoria. DHSV is strongly committed to providing high quality, safe and accessible oral health care to all eligible Victorians. DHSV provides Victorians with quality oral healthcare through the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne (RDHM) and by purchasing dental services for public patients from more than 50 Victorian public dental agencies throughout Victoria.
DHSV Logistics Department
DHSV’s Logistics Department receive, process and despatch consignments to Victorian Public Dental Agencies (Dental Agencies) daily. The consignments are primarily of dental consumables. DHSV outsource the courier service to a third-party Transport Service Provider (Service Provider).
OVERVIEW
This Invitation to Supply invites Tenderers who have the capability, capacity and interest to provide courier services to DHSV in accordance with the scope of service detailed in Attachment 1.
Daily (Monday to Friday) consignments are picked-up from DHSV’s warehouse in Carlton and delivered to dental agencies on the next business day. Consignment pick-up and delivery occurs during business hours noting some dental agencies present a “time-slot/limited” delivery window. Consignments are made up of general and special freight. On occasion there is a need for interstate deliveries or deliveries considered reverse logistics. DHSV’s transport requirements are grouped as the delivery of consignments:
- from DHSV to dental agencies;
- from dental agencies to DHSV or from DHSV to suppliers (reverse logistics); and
- between dental agencies.
Consignments picked-up at DHSV and delivered to Dental Agencies represent the majority of the transport task.
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