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# Provision of Postal Service to the Student Loans Company Limited

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-postal-service-to-the-student-loans-company-limited-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Student Loans Company: "Provision of Postal Service to the Student Loans Company Limited". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Student Loans Company](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/student-loans-company-gov-pb27)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Postal services related to letters
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £33,600,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c6`

## 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/provision-of-postal-service-to-the-student-loans-company-limited-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c6#tl-md)

## Description
This contract is for the collection of standard mail from Darlington, Bothwell Street, Hillington, Llandudno and our Transactional Print Supplier

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Postal Services to the Student Loans Company
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 64112000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Uplift of letters from SLC offices and an external supplier.
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2021 to 07/05/2027

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 006741-2021-2020-SLC-495-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Whistl UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-146291`
  - Value: £16,800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Provision of Postal Services (active)
  - Award id: `102713-2026-2020-SLC-495-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Whistl UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-146291`
  - Value: £16,800,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Provision of Postal Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £16,800,000
  - Signed Date: 30/09/2026

- **Contract:** 006741-2021-2020-SLC-495-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £16,800,000
  - Signed Date: 11/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F102713-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-29T14:45:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:17:22.737Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c6