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Published 18 Jan 2024, 12:38 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mail Tender · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: DELT SHARED SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,500,000exc. VAT14.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Feb 2024awarded 28 Mar 2024
Awarded to DHL eCommerce UK Limited t/a UK Mail

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In its operational portfolio, Delt currently deliver over 600,000 items through their mail services. Delt have sourced a company to provide the collection and delivery of these items.

The overarching rationale for the project was to implement at pace a best of breed, Mail Service, with a solution that is flexible and easily scalable to allow for future growth with easy onboarding of new requirements.

This contract has been awarded to DHL.

CPV: Post and courier services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The requirements are as follows:AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000

The requirements are as follows:

  • Collection and delivery of physical mail items up to 2kg, standard or large letter size from the Plymouth area for delivery throughout the UK. All items are to be delivered as 2nd class mail items.
  • Mail Sortation
  • Postal impression and return address for all items.
  • Suppliers are required to facilitate a collection on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during offices hours (8am – 4pm), a specified time should be agreed before the start of the contract and should be the same time on each of the days. Delt will not accept any more than 3 collections per week.
  • Suppliers must be able to provide a weekly report which covers volumes collected broken down by readable and unreadable on each collection date.
  • Suppliers must be able to mobilise services ahead of the contract start date which will be 1st April 2024.
  • Suppliers must be able to supply 80 trays per week and the trolley required for this collection.
  • Suppliers must confirm the location where the mail will be sorted

Account Management

  • The supplier will allocate an Account Manager to partner and support us on our strategic

goals/plans and attend regular service review meetings.

  • The supplier will provide a single point of contact to escalate any issues with collections or

delivery of trays.

Delivery: South West
Extensions: 2 year fixed, following extensions available + 1 + 1 + 1Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 25%Price: 75%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 25%
  • Pricing Schedule: 70%
  • Interview: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Pricing Schedule: 70
  • Interview: 5
  • Quality: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Jan 2024, 12:38 GMT
Last source update
11 Apr 2024, 10:45 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN707169
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011738
Classification (CPV)
Post and courier services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e2c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
19 Feb 2024, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Feb 2024, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Feb 2024 → 11 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Feb 2024, 17:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Feb 2024, 17:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    11 Apr 2024, 10:45 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Apr 2024, 10:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,721,5531 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DHL eCommerce UK Limited t/a UK Mail£1,721,553 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Delt Shared Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Building 2, Derriford Business Park, Plymouth, South West, PL6 5QZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Delt Shared ServicesReview body Plymouth
  • Plymouth Combined Court CentreReview body Plymouth

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.