Post and courier services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 64100000Services · classin Postal and telecommunications services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in post and courier services

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 40% (59 notices)
  • Local authorities 22% (33 notices)
  • Other public bodies 11% (17 notices)
  • NHS & health 5% (8 notices)
  • Education & universities 5% (7 notices)
  • Not classified 17% (25 notices)

95 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 70 of 152 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Northern Ireland15 · 21%
Greater London14 · 20%
North West England13 · 19%
Yorkshire and the Humber11 · 16%
Scotland8 · 11%
South East England7 · 10%
East of England6 · 9%
South West England6 · 9%
North East England5 · 7%
Wales (Cymru)5 · 7%
East Midlands3 · 4%
West Midlands2 · 3%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 67% (102 notices)
  • Framework 30% (46 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 48% (73 notices)
  • Route not published 23% (35 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 14% (22 notices)
  • Selective 14% (21 notices)
  • Direct award 1% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 84% (32 notices)
  • Below threshold 16% (6 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=21median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (53) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=19
  • 1 bid 16% (3)
  • 2–3 63% (12)
  • 4–6 21% (4)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £315,000median £1,900,000p75 £3,283,447
interquartile range of 18 awards · p90 £6,255,744
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=16middle half 2–3
Competed91%robust · n=53open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs47%robust · n=47of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs33%robust · n=18single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally38%robust · n=13winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned8%robust · n=53cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot27robust · n=1537 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 195 awards to 125 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 27% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 34 of 152 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution8 notices · 24%
Proactis / ProContract7 notices · 21%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 3%
Delta eSourcing1 notices · 3%
eTendersNI1 notices · 3%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 6410. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 6410. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.