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# Mail Screening Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mail-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b395). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: "Mail Screening Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-parliamentary-corporate-body-GB-FTS-5276)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 June 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Postal services related to letters
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,962,197 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b395`

## 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/mail-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b395#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mail-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b395#participate

## Description
The Scottish Parliament in collaboration with the Scottish Government requires a Contractor to provide Mail Screening Services at PAS97:2021 Level 2, throughout a range of locations.
The service is required to mitigate the risk of contaminated, hazardous or offensive mail items being sent through the postal system which could cause concern, disruption or harm to recipients.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 64112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) and the Scottish Government (SG) require the services of a contractor to provide mail screening service from the point where the contractor collects the mail items from the public mail carrier to end d...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031390-2021-NIC-SER-457-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Royal Mail Group Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70733`
  - Value: £2,962,197 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031390-2021-NIC-SER-457-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,962,197
  - Signed Date: 10/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031390-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-16T12:45:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:42:19.908Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b395