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Courier Services DHL

Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV: Courier services (64120000)
Published contract value£145,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 10 Jan 2028
Contract starts 5 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

International, and some domestic, courier services to ensure student material reaches our students where Royal Mail and Yodel services are not appropriate. Also courier services for the wider OU where required.

Published procurement details

Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference
OUPA11618
Category
Services
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
No
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
No
Tender deadline
Procurement method
Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published

United Kingdom; Isle of Man; Guernsey; Jersey; Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; Turks and Caicos Islands; Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Montenegro; Netherlands; North Macedonia; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Afghanistan; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Angola; Antarctica; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Aruba; Australia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Bouvet Island; Brazil; Brunei; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Christmas Island; Clipperton; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Congo (Democratic Republic); Cook Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Faroe Islands; Fiji; French Polynesia; French Southern Territories; Gabon; Georgia; Ghana; Greenland; Grenada; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Honduras; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Kosovo; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Macao; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Marshall Islands; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar (Burma); Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Korea; Northern Mariana Islands; Occupied Palestinian Territories; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Russia; Rwanda; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Samoa; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; South Korea; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent; Sudan; Suriname; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; The Bahamas; The Gambia; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; United States Virgin Islands; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican City; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis and Futuna; Western Sahara; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Award decision
    5 Oct 2026
  2. Contract starts
    5 Oct 2026
  3. Notice published
    13 Oct 2026
  4. Contract ends
    10 Jan 2028

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

  • OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)Contracting authority Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, EnglandContact name, email
    Identifier
    sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D · GB-SRS

Suppliers named on the notice

  • DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITEDSupplier Unit 1, Horton Road, Colnbrook SLOUGH Berkshire SL3 0BB GB
    Identifier
    01184988 · GB-COH
    Voluntary, community or social enterprise
    No
    Business size
    Large

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Source record

Source
Contracts Finder
Notice language
en
Release reference
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1-2026-10-13T12:05:04+01:00
Published
13 Oct 2026
Latest update
13 Oct 2026
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1-1