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ITT for the provision of Letter Drop Services

Buyer: Herefordshire Council →

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BuyerHerefordshire Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline3 Aug 2026
Value£300,000
Published26 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The Authority is responsible for maintaining and managing the highway network and delivering a range of infrastructure and maintenance activities. In fulfilling its statutory obligations and community engagement commitments, the Authority must ensure that residents, businesses, and stakeholders affected by roadworks, closures, and related activities are informed in advance. The Authority is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced supplier to provide a comprehensive print and mail fulfilment service to support these communications

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

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Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Documents & submission route

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Source data inventory

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06593f
Latest release ID081389-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 26 2026 13:43:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064339-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
26 Aug 2026award, contract081389-2026
8 Jul 2026tender064339-2026
20 Feb 2026planningUpdate015691-2026
20 Feb 2026planning015677-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
26 Aug 2026 · 081389-2026 · award, contract
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      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
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        "id": "engagement",
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        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-03-13T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "Suppliers are invited to review and submit their response to the RFI being published on the Procontract portal  at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk\nProject id DN807672"
      }
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}
20 Feb 2026 · 015677-2026 · planning
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  ],
  "date": "2026-02-20T13:00:43Z",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06593f",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PDTG-2978-LHCN",
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    ],
    "items": [
      {
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        "relatedLot": "1",
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            "region": "UKG11",
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            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
          }
        ],
        "additionalClassifications": [
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          {
            "id": "79823000",
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            "description": "Printing and delivery services"
          },
          {
            "id": "79824000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
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          }
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      }
    ],
    "title": "Highways Letter Drop Services for Herefordshire Council",
    "status": "planning",
    "legalBasis": {
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      "scheme": "UKPGA"
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    "description": "Herefordshire Council are seeking information in form of response to an RFI from the market regarding a comprehensive print and mail distribution service to inform affected residents and business of planned highway projects, including temporary road closures and associated traffic management measures across the county.\nThis information will assist the Council in assessing the market's capacity and developing/ finalising the requirements of any proposed solution and potential approach to market a supplier to provide",
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        "locality": "Hereford",
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane"
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        "id": "015677-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015677-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
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        "datePublished": "2026-02-20T13:00:43Z"
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        "id": "engagement",
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      }
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  "initiationType": "tender"
}