Official UK procurement notice
RM6404 Postal Services and Solutions 2
Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all postal services and solutions required by UK Central Government.
This procurement is for the provision of a multi Supplier Framework Contract which will consist of multiple lots covering various requirements for Postal Goods and Services to meet the current and future needs of the public sector.
The new Framework Contract will replace the existing Framework Contract (RM6280 Postal Goods and Services) and includes services that will capture new technologies and innovations to support Buyers in adopting improved communications processes and transforming their mailroom operations to become more digital environments.
CPV: Administration services · Barcode readers · Business and management consultancy services · Data analysis services · Document management services · Document management software development services · Electoral forms · Electronic mail service provider · Electronic mail software development services · Folding machines · Hardware installation services · Letter openers · +18 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “RM6404 Postal Services and Solutions 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Government Commercial Agency runs Printing and related services (CPV 7980) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up
Government Commercial Agency procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Printing and related services (CPV 7980) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 132 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid10% / 0%
2–35% / 14%
4–65% / 43%
7+81% / 43%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Debt Resolution Services 2” of this authority, but none of the 19 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 7980Published estimate£2.7bn
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 147 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–37%
4–614%
7+76%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Capita Business Services LtdLive contract | Debt Resolution Services 2runs to Feb 2030 | Lot 4 - Data Solutions | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Sept 2025, 17:14 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2026, 09:47 BST
- Authority reference
RM6404- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040305- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a558Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago30 Sept 2025, 17:14 BST
- Latest notice published173 days ago1 May 2026, 09:47 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 12 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Market engagement will take place from May 2026 to November 2026.
Engagement sessions may consist of webinars, surveys/questionnaires, one-to-one sessions, workshops and events
To register your interest please send an email to [email protected] stating ""RM6404 Supplier Market Engagement"" in the subject header.
Further details will be published on the RM6404 Postal Services and Solutions 2 web page once constructed and will be found through www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming ↗
- Tender notice expectedin 120 days17 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 315 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Sept 2025- Pipeline notice published30 Sept 2025, 17:14 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published9 Apr 2026, 16:02 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 May 2026, 09:47 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender