Official UK procurement notice
Future Provision of Mail Services
Authority: Wakefield Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThank you for expressing an interest in participating in Wakefield Council's market engagement exercise. We are currently exploring options for the future provision of mail services, and we are seeking input from suppliers to help us better understand market capabilities, refine our requirements, and inform our procurement strategy. To support this, we have prepared two separate questionnaires: Inbound Mail - Market Engagement Outbound Mail - Market Engagement. If your organisation is able to provide both services, we kindly ask that you complete both questionnaires. If you specialise in only one area, please complete the relevant questionnaire accordingly. Your responses will help us: Understand the range of service delivery models available. Explore pricing structures and indicative costs. Identify potential innovations and value-added options. Assess key risks, constraints, and delivery considerations.
Please note that the contract value and term are currently undefined or subject to change; therefore, the estimated figures provided below should be treated as indicative only and not relied upon as final.
CPV: Postal and telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2025, 17:36 BST
- Authority reference
RFS24-140- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057111- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ba3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Sept 2025 → 31 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
- Market engagement388 days ago7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Please view all documentation attached to the project on Yortender here - yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicP… ↗
Please read through all documentation carefully and return any responses via the portal as explained within 'Market Engagement - Guidance Document'.
- Contract starts3h ago31 Oct 2026
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:57 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:58 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2025, 17:36 BSTUK2
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 16 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender