VATGPB10530 - Government departments and health authorities: Contracted Out Services (COS) Headings: COS Heading 40 - Messenger, portering and reception services

This Heading covers messenger, portering and reception services.

Includes

• Collection and distribution of internal mail by a private company
• Patient appointment/reminder services
• Portering services such as the movement of patients and equipment around hospitals
• Movement of corpses by funeral directors to or from the hospital site

Excludes

• The hire of telephone equipment/telephone lines or switchboard equipment alone
• Hire of agency staff to supplement in-house services during peak times or to cover leave