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Published 6 Nov 2026, 13:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Hybrid Mail, Digital Communications and Outbound Document Services

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: South Tyneside Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: North East (UKC22)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2030 · up to 30 Nov 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Hybrid Mail, Digital Communications and Outbound Document Services for South Tyneside Council.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hybrid Mail, Digital Communications and Outbound Document Services for South Tyneside Council

CPV: Postal and telecommunications services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Dec 2027 – 30 Nov 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2032 with extensions
Delivery: North East
Extensions: Extension options published
64000000 Postal and telecommunications services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How South Tyneside Council buys Postal and telecommunications services (CPV 64), and who usually turns up

South Tyneside Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Postal and telecommunications services (CPV 64) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSouth Tyneside Council · all categories
The marketPostal and telecommunications services (CPV 64)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 107 of 154 known-size awards · market: division 64 · North East England, n=47
69%47%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North East England.

Buyer: 55 of 99 known-location awards · market: division 64 · North East England, n=59
56%10%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 16 decided notices · market: division 64 · North East England, n=8
48 days60 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 48 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 42 of 80 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 64 · North East England, n=63
53%60%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer17 lots with bid counts · all categories
29% had one bid
The market11 lots with bid counts · division 64 · North East England
36% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (17) / the market (11) · select a colour for counts
1 bid29% / 36%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 18%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 27%
Buyer: 5 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 11 lots with published bid counts.
7+12% / 18%
Buyer: 2 of 17 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 11 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer14 lots with estimate and award · all categories
36% below estimate
The market41 lots with estimate and award · division 64 · UK-wide
22% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (14) / the market (41) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate36% / 22%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 9 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%50% / 61%
Buyer: 7 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 25 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate14% / 17%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 6436 monthsEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 64. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 11 past lots.

—No model forecast yet36% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 11 similar lots
1 bid36%
4 of 11 similar past lots received 1 bid (36%).
2–318%
2 of 11 similar past lots received 2–3 (18%).
4–627%
3 of 11 similar past lots received 4–6 (27%).
7+18%
2 of 11 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Postal and telecommunications servicesRetender Radar, CPV 64: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
6 Nov 2026, 13:55 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 13:55 GMT
Authority reference
F7947
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105742
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Postal and telecommunications services
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b693 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 1 Dec 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published8 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 13:55 GMT
  2. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 12 days
    27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Hybrid Mail, Digital Communications and Outbound Document Services Soft Marketing Questionnaire to be completed and response to be uploaded onto OPEN e-tendering system by 12pm 27th November 2027.

    The questionnaire can be accessed via the OPEN e-tendering system

    open-uk.org/opportunities/overvi… ↗

  4. Contract startsin 380 days
    1 Dec 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 13:55 GMT
    UK2

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

South Tyneside Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYPB-8737-VBHG Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, North East, NE33 2RLContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure