plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Postal services

Buyer: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY →

BuyerSTUDENT LOANS COMPANY

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£7,000,000

Published4 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Posting of Letters and mail to customers

Delivery location

UK, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2030

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Postal services related to letters	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 64. The category anchor is Postal services related to letters (64112000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 64	687	2 median · 16.9 average (151 of 687 with a bid count)	2.2 average (187 of 687 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	3	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UK	182	3 median · 18.4 average (42 of 182 with a bid count)	4 average (53 of 182 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	40	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-052601
Latest release ID	079866-2025
Latest release timestamp	Thu Dec 04 2025 15:57:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£7,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
4 Dec 2025	planningUpdate	079866-2025
25 May 2025	planning	027405-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

4 Dec 2025 · 079866-2025 · planningUpdate

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25 May 2025 · 027405-2025 · planning

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