Official UK procurement notice
Project Meridian · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)
Request to provide Financial advisory. Non-committed spend, up to a total of £1,000,000.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRequest to provide Financial advisory.
Non-committed spend, up to a total of £1,000,000.
Contract signed 05/11/2026
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPMG7 Nov 2026 – 25 Dec 2026 | £1,000,000 | 21 Oct 2026 | Awarded |
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:07 GMT
- Authority reference
C104171 / CAF00242- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105942- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b6fdFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The award is urgent and time does not allow for a competition to be concluded.
The direct award will allow KPMG to support POL.
- POL intends to meet the "strictly necessary" requirement by using KPMG for as short a period as possible.
An opportunity to run a competition to appoint a long-term provider will arise in December, at which point Procurement can run an exercise for the subsequent 12-24 months of potential further support.
This is likely to be under GCA MCF4 and will take around four weeks, should that support be required.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2026- Transparency notice published6 Nov 2026, 17:04 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published6 Nov 2026, 17:07 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KPMG LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender