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title: "Sample Courier and Internal Post Distribution Services"
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# Sample Courier and Internal Post Distribution Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-courier-and-internal-post-distribution-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED: "Sample Courier and Internal Post Distribution Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £6,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.thameswater.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thames-water-utilities-limited-coh-02366661)
- **Published Value:** £6,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Courier services, Laboratory services, Post and courier services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-courier-and-internal-post-distribution-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0`

## 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/sample-courier-and-internal-post-distribution-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [thameswater.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thameswater.co.uk%2Fprocurement)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-courier-and-internal-post-distribution-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0#participate

## Description
Delivery of clean and waste water samples under refrigerated conditions and distribution of post.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 64100000, 71900000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £6,700,000
- **Description:** Thames Water Utilities Ltd is seeking to award a contract to a sole supplier with the capabilities to provide refrigerated collection and delivery of clean water and sewage samples from company sites throughout the Thames Water operating area deliver...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037354-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-19T16:39:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:30:45.160Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0