Official UK procurement notice
Courier Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Companies House (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£248,000exc. VAT0.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Jan 2025awarded 27 May 2025
Awarded to Apollo Distribution Solutions Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCompanies House requires a single Successful Bidder to provide Courier Services. The provision is required to:<br/>
- Courier Services primarily for the distribution of IT equipment such as Laptops & miscellaneous equipment supporting Companies House hybrid employees in working from home. Majority of collections are locally delivered from the Cardiff office, for the delivery of desks, chairs, footstools and IT equipment.<br/>
- The service will also be used for other movements as detailed for example shipments to ‘The National Archives’.<br/>
- This contract is demand driven. No guarantees are made to the volume of deliveries that will be requested from the successful bidder.<br/>
- Provision of services is managed at ‘Call off’ in conjunction with Companies House staff.<br/>
- Companies House requires a range of service options including same day deliveries within South Wales Area as (defined 15. South Wales Area Postcodes), next day delivery across the UK and delivery within 48 hours to Northern Ireland.<br/>
- The successful bidder should note that the following requirements are not in scope for this contract:<br/>o Office moves<br/>o Movements with a cost of over £5,000 – Companies House reserves the right to benchmark quotes from outside of this contract for services over £5,000.<br/><br/>o Consignments with a destination or origin that is not our Cardiff office will require additional discussion and negotiation, we reserve the right to make alternative arrangements.
CPV: Courier services · Post and courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£248,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 50
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 40
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Dec 2024, 16:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Jan 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031295- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c24eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
13 Jan 2025 → 10 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Jan 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published10 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete10 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Jun 2025, 14:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £250,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Distribution Solutions LtdSMESubcontracting: Deliveries to destinations outside of the network | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031295-2025-1 · Apollo Distribution Solutions LtdSME
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- 11th floor, Thomas More BuildingReview body
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Apollo Distribution Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.