Agreement for the purchase of Courier Services in SSA

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)

Below threshold - limited competition

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery listed: Botswana (BW)Cameroon (CM)Ethiopia (ET)

+9 more

Ghana (GH)Kenya (KE)Mauritius (MU)Malawi (MW)Mozambique (MZ)Namibia (NA)Nigeria (NG)Rwanda (RW)Sudan (SD)

Awarded value£2,413,793published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Sept 2025

Awarded to DHL, UPS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Agreement for the purchase of Courier Services in Sub Sahara Africa for all the countries in SSA

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery listed: Botswana (BW), Cameroon (CM), Ethiopia (ET), Ghana (GH), Kenya (KE), Mauritius (MU), Malawi (MW), Mozambique (MZ), Namibia (NA), Nigeria (NG), Rwanda (RW), Sudan (SD), Sierra Leone (SL), Senegal (SN), South Sudan (SS), Tanzania (TZ), South Africa (ZA), Zambia (ZM), Zimbabwe (ZW)

64120000 Courier services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 19 Feb 2026, 13:45 GMT
Last source update: 19 Feb 2026, 13:45 GMT
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-015250
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area in notice: Botswana (BW)Cameroon (CM)Ethiopia (ET)Ghana (GH)Kenya (KE)Mauritius (MU)Malawi (MW)Mozambique (MZ)
+4 more
Namibia (NA)Nigeria (NG)Rwanda (RW)Sudan (SD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06582e Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
19 Feb 2026, 13:45 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,413,7931 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Sept 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
DHL, UPSjoint award	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Agreement for the purchase of Courier Services for SSA · DHL, UPS
Signed
15 Sept 2025
Value
£2,413,793
Period
11 Nov 2025 – 11 Nov 2028 · up to 12 Nov 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Extension up to 12months based on readiness audit completion 2 month befoe

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH 1 Redman Place, London, London, E20 1JQContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

DHLAwarded supplier DHL House, Witu Road, PO Box 67577-00200 Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, KE, 67577-00200, KEContact email
UPSAwarded supplier 33 Brussels Road, Aeroport, Spartan, Ext 2,, Johannesburg, ZA, 1609, ZAContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractoctet-stream
Signed contract contractSigned contractoctet-stream

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender19 Feb 2026, 13:45 GMT