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Published 27 Apr 2026, 18:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Target Operating Model · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£535,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Q5 Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award for the services of establishing TOM guardianship, planning development and programme leadership up to £535k ex vat

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
79411000 General management consultancy services

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
27 Apr 2026, 18:30 BST
Last source update
22 May 2026, 16:39 BST
Authority reference
C103934
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048244
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068c1a Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

Works are required to ensure that there is no delay in beginning the critical work of the TOM programme.

A procurement exercise has commenced for a longer term solution

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Apr 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Apr 2026, 18:30 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Apr 2026, 18:38 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    22 May 2026, 16:39 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £535,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 May 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Q5 LimitedSME8 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026£535,00022 Apr 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Q5 LimitedSME

    Signed
    20 May 2026
    Value
    £535,000
    Period
    20 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: The suppliers performance cannot be appropriately assessed using KPIs as the services are for one-off pieces of work. There would be no ongoing performance to monitor

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Post Office Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 02154540 · GB-PPON: PRNP-5883-YMLG 100 Wood Street, London, London, EC2V 7ERContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Q5 LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 15266902GB-PPON: PQVZ-8915-DDBD Thorney House, London, London, SW1P 3HLContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender