The Higher Education Sector in the UK currently spends in the region of 5 000 000 GBP each year on Freight and Haulage related services. This covers a number of areas including:

— Lot 1 — Exhibition Freight,

— Lot 2 — in the structure of the Dynamic Purchasing System has in scope all freight and haulage requirements outside of the Exhibition Freight Specialism.

Exhibition Freight — mainly related to International Student Recruitment fairs arranged by organisations such as the British Council. These will require a fully managed service provision transporting the equipment and promotional material, delivering to site at location at a confirmed date and return following the event. Due to the timing required this could involve storage and will require suppliers to complete relevant documentation involving import/export regulation at both destination and source. This area is considered specialist and accounts for in the region of 1 500 000 GBP per annum in the sector so will be an individual lot within the Dynamic Purchasing System structure.

Lot 2 in the structure of the Dynamic Purchasing System has in scope all freight and haulage requirements outside of the Exhibition Freight Specialism. This may include but not be limited to:

— Transport of educational materials,

— Transport of laboratory equipment,

— Transport of machinery,

— Transport of Office Equipment.