Medical
Medicines, vaccines, consumables, diagnostics, PPE and medical equipment.
HUMANITARIAN PROCUREMENT, SUPPLY & DELIVERY
We Don't Just Move Goods.
We Move Missions Forward.
B&S Humanitarian supports NGOs, UN agencies, governments and humanitarian partners with essential medical and nutritional goods, with end-to-end supply chain expertise. From urgent supply to multiyear programs; we source, consolidate and deliver, while placing ourselves where it matters most, right in the field with you.
Cape Town
South Africa
Mogadishu
Somalia
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Serving humanitarian organisations for 30+ years
Part of B&S Group, founded in 1872.
WHAT WE DO
One partner from sourcing to delivery.
We combine decades of humanitarian experience with the global purchasing, warehousing and logistical infrastructure of B&S Group, a +150 year old wholesale titan. This creates a partner that possesses a global footprint of warehousing, reach and partners.
Product capabilities
Nutrition
RUTF, RUSF, therapeutic milks, infant nutrition, food rations, ready meals, food parcels and program-specific food products.
Remote Supplies
Non-food items, tents, mobile clinics, vehicle accommodation and office supplies.
Operational capabilities
Procurement & sourcing
Manufacturer coordination, quick wholesale-sourcing, product alternatives, multi-supplier consolidation and supply under framework agreements.
Logistics & warehousing
International freight, multi-SKU containers, bonded and non-bonded warehousing across 6 continents, export & import and delivery to the door of your organization.
Service propositions
Catering services, emergency response, fully-equipped mobile clinics, medical services, subject-matter experts and cleaning services.
WHY B&S HUMANITARIAN
Built for complex humanitarian procurement.
Humanitarian supply
We understand the operational realities of supplying difficult markets through experience.
Global sourcing capability
Access to B&S Group's global supplier network gives us the flexibility to source across product categories, manufacturers and markets, at the best rates with reliable suppliers.
Integrated supply chain
We manage sourcing, consolidation, warehousing, freight and delivery as one coordinated supply process.
Commercial flexibility
Our large financial strength allows us to support large procurement and structure our commercial terms around the requirements of the project.
GLOBAL SCALE
Infrastructure behind every shipment.
- 30+
- Years serving humanitarian organisations
- 100+
- Countries supplied
- 30,000+
- SKUs accessible through our network
- 28
- Warehouses globally
- 91,000 m²
- Storage capacity in the Netherlands
- 2,500+
- B&S colleagues worldwide
Track record
Selected humanitarian experience
From essential goods supply to complex locations to warehousing and long-term supply agreements, our teams have supported international organisations across multiple regions and operating environments.
ME Government
Infant Formula to Gaza
Supplying containers of infant formula for age ranges between 0-2 years old, including low-birth weight and lactose free specialty formulas.
ExplorePalestine
IFRC
Medicine manufacturing and delivery
Seven containers of freshly produced medicines, manufacturing to doorstep.
StorySyria
United Nations
Food catering relief operations
On-ground food catering relief with provided manpower and globally-sourced generic nutrition.
C.A.R · D.R.C · Somalia
ALIMA
Nutrition supply chain
Nutrition (RUTFs, LNS, Therapeutic Milk) distributed door-to-door across Africa's most in-need places.
Chad · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon
UNICEF Afghanistan
Warehousing and logistics support
In the height of providing support to humanitarian organizations in Afghanistan from 2013-2021, right from our own warehouse.
Afghanistan
NATO
Vaccine framework agreement
Five-year framework agreement supplying a range of essential vaccines.
Europe
QUALITY & COMPLIANCE
Quality built into every procurement process.
Humanitarian and pharmaceutical procurement requires more than competitive pricing. Products, manufacturers and distribution processes must meet the requirements of the destination country, donor and contracting organisation.
B&S applies established quality-management and compliance procedures across sourcing, storage and distribution, under Good Distribution Practice.
Quality systems
- ISO 9001
- ISO 14001
- ISO 27001
Distribution & trade
- GDP
- AEO
International registrations
- UNGM
- US-FDA
Digital First
In-House Tools to Drive Digitalization in our Operations
01
TendersNext
Utilization of Artificial Intelligence to automate tender processes via our in-house built platform "TendersNext", allowing us to accurately and more efficiently bid on opportunities.
02
HyperTargeting
We use decades of refined social media data to build in-house algorithms that allow us to present our social media profiles to our desired individuals and audiences, whether that be suppliers, humanitarian organizations or donors.
03
BiT System
In-House Enterprise Resource Planning system to automate processes, gain insights to previous pricing items were bought for and procure at the most effective positions.
King of Reach
Global infrastructure. Local execution.
B&S combines offices, warehouses, suppliers and logistics partners across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas to support humanitarian programmes worldwide.
- The Netherlands
- Afghanistan
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Dubai
- New York
RECENT PROJECT
+22 million solid dose & 600,000 liquid-dose medicines manufactured & delivered for a humanitarian program in Syria
27
Essential pharmaceuticals
Fresh manufacturing with 3 different manufacturers.
+22 million
Solid-dose medicines
Part of a 6-container shipment to Syria via Latakia Port.
600,000
Liquid-dose medicines
Manufacturing, documentation and delivery coordinated by B&S Humanitarian.
Manufacturing and delivery
B&S Humanitarian coordinated the fresh manufacturing of 27 essential pharmaceuticals with 3x different manufacturers, resulting in the delivery of 6 containers to Syria via Latakia Port.
Permits and compliance
Requiring various import permits to deliver, B&S Humanitarian coordinated directly with the INGO & Ministry of Health via presenting vast documentation and compliance certificates from B&S plus all involved manufacturers and their related medicines.
This was no easy feat, but with the experience, urgency and high effort our team showed, we were able to complete this project with efficiency and smoothness.
REQUEST A QUOTATION
Tell us what you need.
Our humanitarian procurement team will review any requests you may have and respond within one business day.
Prefer email? sales@bs-humanitarian.com