Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Future Provision of  Mail Services

Official notice

Authority: Wakefield Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£2,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Oct 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions · starts 31 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Thank 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 published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs
Contract period: 31 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

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)
Postal and telecommunications services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ba3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Sept 2025 → 31 Oct 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
  2. Market engagement388 days ago
    7 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'.

  3. Contract starts3h ago
    31 Oct 2026

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:50 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:57 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:58 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 17:36 BST
    UK2
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

The Council of the City of Wakefield

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDZN-8179-PJQV Wood Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humber, WF1 2HQContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure