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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043549"
title: "Postal Services"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043549"
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# Postal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043549). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "Postal Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-GB-COH-02366703)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 February 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Postal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043549#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043549`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043549#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043549#participate

## Description
NWL have awarded a contract to a service provider for the provision of postal services primarily for the post mailed by the Customer Department. The services to be provided include;
- Economy Mailmark or Mailmark
- 2 day unsorted
- 3 day unsorted (where a 2 day unsorted service is not available)
NWL require a postal service primarily for business to customer post - bills and letters. We also require it as a means of communication with the company shareholders, and a way of sharing information with employees.
The timeliness of deliveries is critical to NWL as it affects the performance of our Customer Call Centres and impacts on cash flow. The NWL Customer Department currently issues
more than 4.5 million postings per year. There is a further small amount of spend through various departments issuing external mail.
The Customer Departments mail is dispatched from the following locations:
- Northumbria House, Pity Me, Durham
- NWL Bill Printers - Warrington (printing services currently under tender so this may change)
The remaining requirements issued via our Facilities Departments are dispatched from the following locations:
- Northumbria House, Pity Me, Durham DH1
- Leat House, Washington NE38
Suppliers must be a downstream access provider (DSA) and have a good track record of service in this service area, gained through service provided since the opening of the market from the 1st January 2006
The Contract start date will be the 1 November 2024

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Volumes of items mailed 
- Detailed below are the approximate volumes of mail sent for each service from each of the posting locations. NWL require the collections to be as late as possible in the day.
Customer Department Requirements 
Northumbria Ho...
- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2024 to 31/10/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035406-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035406-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 31/10/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035406-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-01T07:54:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T07:49:20.911Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043549