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Published 18 Sept 2026, 11:45 BST

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Post Office Branch - Broad Street

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Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdConcessionLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitableAccelerated
Sectors: CPV 64 Delivery: West Midlands (UKG3)
Published estimate £8,000≈ £160 / year · £8,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Sept 202623:59 BST · 12d 7h left
Contract term 50 yrsstarts 30 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 2all categories · n=10 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Post Office Ltd is looking for a successful retailer to incorporate a Post Office Local into their existing or proposed business.

The offer available in this Post Office would be:

Post Office Local - integrating Post Office services into a vibrant and sustainable retail business, so they can be offered over the same opening hours. The exact layout and design will be agreed with you to suit your business.

Estimated Post Office fees:

In the current location in the range of £8,000 - £14,000 per annum.

Further information can be found at: https://runapostoffice.co.uk/branch/broad-street-post-office-b61-8lw?search_term=B61 8LW

  • How the procedure runs: A multi-stage process to assess postmaster candidate suitability.

CPV: Post office counter services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 50 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£8,000
Contract period: 30 Nov 2026 — 30 Nov 2076 (50 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: West MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£320/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£8,000 exc. VAT · £8,000 inc. VAT
64114000 Post office counter services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
  • Assessment of business plan and finances — A mandatory pass/fail financial assessment. If the financial assessment is not successfully passed, the application will not proceed to suitability assessment.
  • Assessment of suitability to run a Post Office branch — Meets suitability criteria to run a post office branch.
  • Assessment of business plan and finances — A mandatory pass/fail financial assessment. If the financial assessment is not successfully passed, the application will not proceed to suitability assessment.
  • Assessment of suitability to run a Post Office branch — Meets suitability criteria to run a post office branch.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Post Office Limited buys Postal services (CPV 6411) — and who usually turns up

Post Office Limited’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids.

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Post Office Limited

contract notices in 36 months: 177 in CPV 6411 · 181 in division 64 (2 direct) · 240 in all categories (19 direct)

Bids per lot2all categories · 36m · n=10 lots
Single-bid lots20%all categories · 36m · n=10 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=6 pairs
Deadline → award169dall categories · 36m · n=3 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=298 notices
Awarded without competition0%CPV 6411 · 36m · n=177 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=10
  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 50%
  • 4–6 30%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2 · 10 lots on 9 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=6
  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 83%
  • Above estimate 17%

6 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Postal services (CPV 6411)

contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 21 in CPV 6411 (21 contested) · 65 in division 64 (51 contested)

Bids per lot4.5division 64 · 36m · n=16 lots
Single-bid lots13%division 64 · 36m · n=16 lots
Award vs estimate7% belowdivision 64 · 36m · n=10 pairs
Deadline → award45ddivision 64 · 36m · n=7 notices
SME bidders60%division 64 · 36m · n=7 lots
Winners based in the region59%division 64 · 36m · n=32 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=16
  • 1 bid 13%
  • 2–3 31%
  • 4–6 31%
  • 7+ 25%

Median 4.5 · 16 lots on 16 contested notices · division 64.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=10
  • Below estimate 50%
  • Within ±2% 30%
  • Above estimate 20%

10 lot pairs · division 64.

robust · n=6 Awards in Post Office Limited (all categories, n=6 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £8,000 that is about £8,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
ConcessionLight touch regime
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 Sept 2026, 11:45 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 11:45 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Accelerated
Light touch contract
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Post office counter services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077545 Find a Tender
How it runs
A multi-stage process to assess postmaster candidate suitability.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via Post Office Procurement
Authorised e-sourcing portalPost Office ProcurementSupplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & registration note: Free
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
To register your interest in this opportunity, please visit runapostoffice.co.uk/branch/broad-street-… ↗ 8LW
Published estimate £8,000 excludes VAT (£8,000 including VAT).

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 11:45 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 12 days
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Award decision expected byin 42 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 72 days
    30 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 11:45 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Post Office Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 02154540 · GB-PPON: PRNP-5883-YMLG 100 Wood Street, London, London, EC2V 7ER
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Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender