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Contract for provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office (GRO)

Courier services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Home Office: "Contract for provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office (GRO)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHome OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Home Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHome Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
Last source update16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCourier services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0515f5
What is being bought
Awarded Contract for provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office The Contracting Authority (the Secretary of State for the Home Department) has completed a Direct Award Procedure under Lot 3 of the RM6280 Framework compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015, and is awarding a contract for the provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office. This is a 3 year contract with an option to extend by a further two 12 month periods. The contract value quoted relates to the maximum possible contract term of 5 years.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Contracting Authority (the Secretary of State for the Home Department) has completed a Direct Award Procedure under Lot 3 of the RM6280 Framework compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015, and is awarding a contract for the provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office. A three year contract term commenced on 28th April 2025, and will conclude on 27th April 2028. The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the contract by two further 12-month periods, at its discretion. The contract value quoted relates to the maximum possible contract term of 5 years. Additional information: As per the RM6280 Schedule 7 (Call-Off Award Procedure) Annex A: Direct award criteria the tender has been evaluated on the basis of price (based on the provided Framework Prices). No further areas were scored as part of the direct award assessment.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 May 2025, 14:28 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · £361,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
G3 Worldwide Mail (UK) Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract for GRO International Mail Services
£361,000 · signed 17 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Home Office

Contracting authority GB-FTS-148241
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  • Home Office
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    GRO Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Birkdale, Southport, UK, PR8 2HH
    HOCommercialdurham@hmpo.gov.uk

  • G3 Worldwide Mail (UK) Limited
    supplier

    00545421
    A1 Parkway Trading Estate, Cranford Lane, Hounslow, UK, TW5 9QA

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAll the criteria for a direct award under the existing RM6280 Framework have been are met, and this option is compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015 due to the urgency within which the new service must be in place and the Contracting Authority has clearly established which supplier meets its needs at the lowest price. As per the conditions of a direct award under RM6280, the existing framework core terms and schedules have been used unchanged to manage this service.