Post and Courier Services

The Council would like to appoint a dedicated 3rd party to deal with post and courier services to achieve better value for money and allow for a more efficient and effective management of items. This will be as a minimum the following services:

• Collection, sorting, and delivery of mail communication to addresses across the UK and international destinations.
• Collection and delivery services for letters, large letters, pre-paid return mail, and parcels within the UK, Europe, Non - Europe destinations and Rest of the World destinations.
• A range of delivery options.
• A full track and trace solution for all mail items and parcels.
• A robust process in place for dealing with mail items which have not been delivered successfully.
• An on-demand courier service.
• Necessary equipment and consumables needed to use the service at no additional cost to the client.
• Security of all mail items collected from the client location during the collection and delivery process.
• Staff performing security checks on all mail items comply with the statutory provisions of the Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations of 1993 & 1998.