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Logistics SLAs for IT and office moves

A logistics SLA, or service level agreement, is a written agreement on what a transport or relocation supplier will do and how you'll measure it. This page covers what's worth putting in one for an IT or office move. We use our own crews and vehicles from Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, with one point of contact on every job.

What a logistics SLA covers

SLA stands for service level agreement. In logistics it sets out what you can expect from a supplier, and what happens when it doesn't happen. A short one is better than a long one nobody reads.

For an IT or office move, we'd put these in:

  • What's being moved, from where and to where, and by when.
  • The collection and delivery windows, and what counts as a delay.
  • Who your contact is, and who to call out of hours.
  • How and when you're updated during a job.
  • What happens if kit is damaged or goes missing, and how it's reported.
  • The cover in place, and its value.
  • Who's responsible for access, like loading bays, lifts and permits.
  • How you review how it went.

What you get from us on every job

  • One point of contact from the first call to sign-off.
  • Updates on Teams calls.
  • A 24/7 line: +44(0) 7734 247 365.
  • RAMS for the sites involved.
  • Cover for your equipment, arranged for each job.

What we don't do

  • Write an SLA for work we're not doing.

How to agree one

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  1. Say what you need and how often. A one-off move needs a short SLA. Regular deliveries or a rolling programme need more.
  2. Ask the supplier what they can meet. If the access at a site makes a window tight, say so early.
  3. Get it in writing, read it and change what doesn't fit.
  4. For the length of the job, have one person to deal with. With us, that's one contact, and we update you on Teams calls if you'd like them.
  5. At the end, go through how it went.

What sits behind it

We have our own crews and vehicles, from vans to 18t and 26t trucks, with trackers on the vans. You can reach us 24/7 on +44(0) 7734 247 365. Cover for your equipment is arranged for each job to its value, up to £0.5m without referral, and our public liability is no less than £2 million.

We're ISO 9001:2015 certified and members of the Road Haulage Association. Certificates are on our accreditations page.

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Logistics SLA questions

Service level agreement. It's the agreement between you and your supplier on what they'll do and how it's measured.

The same thing, applied to a delivery or a move: windows, updates, what happens if something goes wrong.

A courier working to a service level agreement, like a fixed delivery window. If you want to know what that means for a job, ask for it in writing.

Usually a clear quote and a plan does the job. An SLA matters more when the work repeats, or when several sites are involved.

See the list above. Keep it short.

By the things you agreed: whether the kit arrived in the window, whether you were updated, whether anything was damaged, and how quickly it was fixed.

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