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Official procurement procedure
Payout Services
No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Post Office Limited: "Payout Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Post Office Limited | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Post Office Limited
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Post Office Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
2.3Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
ESCHER SOFTWARE SERVICES UK LIMITEDTop vendor: 97.6% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 74 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| ESCHER SOFTWARE SERVICES UK LIMITED | 1 win | £12,000,000 |
| KPMG LLP | 1 win | £171,923 |
| RISK LEDGER LTD. | 1 win | £120,000 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityPost Office Limited | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published18 Jun 2025, 16:23 BST | Last source update18 Jun 2025, 16:23 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationNot published | ||
Delivery areaLocation not published | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0517dc | ||
What is being bought
The processing, printing and electronic/digital distribution of Payout Collateral using barcoded payments
Value of up to £960k inc vat Web portal in place, services to be used as an when required
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
18 Jun 2025, 16:23 BST - Official notice release published
20 May 2025, 17:59 BST - Status changed to complete
20 May 2025, 08:57 BST - Official notice release published
20 May 2025, 08:57 BST - Buyer information updated
20 May 2025, 08:57 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
18 Jun 2025, 16:23 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 3 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · £800,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards ZUNOMA LIMITED Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £800,000 · signed 3 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 3 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST — 31 May 2026, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Post Office Limited
Contracting authority GB-COH-02154540Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe proposed direct award contract to Zunoma Limited ("ZL") for certain secure print services (the "Services") will be made on the basis of paragraph 41(1) and Schedule 5 paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023. During the period of 6-12 months from 1 June 2025, there is an absence of competition for technical reasons such that only ZL can provide the Services and there is no reasonable alternative to ZL.
It would not be possible to compete the provision of the Services in the immediate short term. Post Office has competitively procured a contract for the services (the "Procurement"); however, the conclusion of the Procurement has been delayed. ZL is the current provider of the services and is the only organisation that is currently mobilised to provide the services in accordance with Post Office and its clients' business processes. To ensure that the services continue to be provided in the period before Post Office is able to conclude the procurement exercise and mobilise the new contract, Post Office must award a contract to ZL.
ZL is the only organisation capable of providing the Services in the immediate future because it is the only supplier that currently has a portal that is linked to all of the Post Office systems. On conclusion of the Procurement, the new contract would require time to mobilise, including development of a secure portal that links to Post Office's existing systems. In addition, the new contract would need to on board the Post Office's clients. There is no other supplier that currently has the arrangements in place to provide the Services.
There is no reasonable alternative to ZL to provide the Services during the 6-12 month period from 1 June 2025 before the new contract has mobilised |