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# Courier Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c24e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Companies House: "Courier Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £248,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: atamis-8005.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Companies House](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/companies-house-gov-ea26)
- **Published Value:** £248,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Courier services, Post and courier services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £250,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c24e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c24e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-8005.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-8005.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/courier-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c24e#participate

## Description
Companies 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 64100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £248,000
- **Description:** Companies 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 ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031295-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Apollo Distribution Solutions Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-150933`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031295-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 26/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031295-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-10T13:56:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T10:03:40.927Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c24e