Official UK procurement notice
National Secure Pouch Collection with Overnight Trunking Service
Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: UK
Contract value (direct award)£33,300,000≈ £6.7m / year · £39,600,000 inc. VAT
Awarded 5 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide)
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Dec 2030 · starts 1 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDaily collection of sensitive documents (customer banking cheques and related supporting documentation) in secure pouch from all Post Office branch network (entire UK) at prescribed end of day hours (Mon -Thurs 17:00 and Sat 12:00), overnight trunking delivery of secure pouch to a designated regional processing centre (pre agreed delivery slots from 22.45 (same day) to 4.15am (next day and on Sundays by 21.00)).
CPV: Post and courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2025, 15:32 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 10:29 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085700- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ff4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single technically capable provider.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 May 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published9 May 2025, 15:32 BST
- Next notice expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published308 days ago23 Dec 2025, 10:29 GMT
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025- Pipeline notice published9 May 2025, 15:32 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published21 Nov 2025, 09:30 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 09:30 GMT
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 10:14 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Dec 2025, 10:29 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 9 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,330,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide)1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030 | £3,330,000 | 5 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide)
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £3,330,000
- Period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender