Culture Consultancy Services · UK public procurement notice

• How the procedure runs: Through the PSQ Process, Post Office intends to down select the number of Bidders that it intends to invite to submit a response to the ITT to 5*. The process for awarding the Contract is provided as part of this PSQ document. - Prior to completing or responding to The PSQ, Post Office require that all suppliers register with the Government Central Digital Platform ('CDP'). Information on the CDP, including details of how to register, can be found on https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/. - Bidders must fully complete all elements of the PSQ in order for their response to be considered valid. Only valid responses shall be evaluated. - Bidders who self-certify that they meet the requirements of the PSQ will be required to provide evidence of this if they are successful at contract award stage. - The PSQ also requires that Bidders demonstrate their technical and professional ability (Part 3). Bidder's answers to this Section will be evaluated by Post Office in accordance with paragraph 8.2 (Technical and/or professional capability) of the PSQ. - Following PSQ evaluation, Post Office intends to invite the top 5* ranked Bidders that have met all mandatory/minimum requirements from the PSQ to the ITT phase to complete and return the ITT documents. -Post Office then intends to invite the top 3* ranked suppliers from the ITT to a presentation stage, details of the required presentation and evaluation criteria will be provided as part of the ITT. *Should there be a tie for 5th place between two or more Bidders in the PSQ or for 3rd in the ITT, Post Office reserves the right to invite more than 5 Bidders to respond to the ITT or more than 3 Bidders to the presentation stage. As a non central government organisation Post Office is not obliged to provide Bidders with more than a 10 day tendering period

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

Bids received

3 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

Framework period

2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2026

Procedure method

Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Above threshold (FTS publication)

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Framework agreement

Who may use this agreement

Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

24 Jul 2026, 17:33 BST

Last source update

30 Sept 2026, 14:29 BST

Award evaluation window

Submission end – 16 Sept 2026

Authority reference

AA1545 - Culture Consultancy Services

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-070498

Accelerated

Pre-selected tenderers - utilities/not central government

Latest notice

Contract award notice (UK6)

Classification (CPV)

Business and management consultancy services

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-06d3bb Find a Tender

How it runs

Through the PSQ Process, Post Office intends to down select the number of Bidders that it intends to invite to submit a response to the ITT to 5*. The process for awarding the Contract is provided as part of this PSQ document.

• Prior to completing or responding to The PSQ, Post Office require that all suppliers register with the Government Central Digital Platform ('CDP'). Information on the CDP, including details of how to register, can be found on www.find-tender.service.gov.uk ↗.
• Bidders must fully complete all elements of the PSQ in order for their response to be considered valid. Only valid responses shall be evaluated.
• Bidders who self-certify that they meet the requirements of the PSQ will be required to provide evidence of this if they are successful at contract award stage.
• The PSQ also requires that Bidders demonstrate their technical and professional ability (Part 3). Bidder's answers to this Section will be evaluated by Post Office in accordance with paragraph 8.2 (Technical and/or professional capability) of the PSQ.
• Following PSQ evaluation, Post Office intends to invite the top 5* ranked Bidders that have met all mandatory/minimum requirements from the PSQ to the ITT phase to complete and return the ITT documents.

-Post Office then intends to invite the top 3* ranked suppliers from the ITT to a presentation stage, details of the required presentation and evaluation criteria will be provided as part of the ITT.

*Should there be a tie for 5th place between two or more Bidders in the PSQ or for 3rd in the ITT, Post Office reserves the right to invite more than 5 Bidders to respond to the ITT or more than 3 Bidders to the presentation stage.

As a non central government organisation Post Office is not obliged to provide Bidders with more than a 10 day tendering period

Appointment period ends

3 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST

Clarification deadline

29 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST

Submission channel

Official e-sourcing portal

Electronic submission

Allowed

Accepted languages

en

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