Official UK procurement notice
Post Office Branch - South Petherton
Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)
Post Office Ltd is looking for a successful retailer to incorporate a Post Office Local into their existing or proposed business. Post Office Local - integrating Post Office services into a vibrant and sustainable retail business, so they can be offered over the same opening hours.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPost 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. Please note this estimate is inclusive of the products listed under General Information.
Further information can be found at:
- How the procedure runs: A multi-stage process to assess postmaster candidate suitability.
CPV: Post office counter services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£8,000
What it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
- 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 published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Postal services (CPV 6411) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 143 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid88% / 36%
2–313% / 18%
4–60% / 27%
7+0% / 18%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate17% / 22%
Within ±2%67% / 61%
Above estimate17% / 17%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6411Published estimate£8k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid86%
2–310%
4–64%
7+1%
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Based on 7 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£8k
Estimate£8k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| EFES BLACKPOOL LIMITEDEarlier contract | Post office branch - South Shorestarted Nov 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| WILLOW QUALITY RETAIL LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Post Office Branch - Marlpoolruns to Oct 2076 | — | £18k | Similar wording and category |
| UNIVERSAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT (UK) LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Post Office Branch - Brent Cross Townruns to Oct 2076 | — | £8k | Similar wording and category |
| ASRA PO LTDWorked for this buyer | Post Office branch - Woodleyruns to Oct 2076 | — | £50k | Similar wording and category |
| ST MICHAEL'S SERVICES LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Post Office Branch - Moffatruns to Nov 2076 | — | £31k | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| 2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £84k i | 11% above n=1 | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £18k i | at estimate n=1 | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £53k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
64% title match.
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64% title match.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (64% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Post office branch - South Shore — held by EFES BLACKPOOL LIMITED; no contract end date published.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 13:05 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 13:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090983- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a86Find 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- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
To register your interest in this opportunity, please visit:
Timeline
25 Sept 2026 → 25 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published48 days ago25 Sept 2026, 13:05 BST
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 40 days23 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 72 days25 Jan 2027
- Award decision expected byin 73 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 13:05 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender