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# TV Licensing Postal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tv-licensing-postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Broadcasting House: "TV Licensing Postal Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £158,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Sept 2023, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: bbc.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Broadcasting House](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-british-broadcasting-corporation-bbc-broadcasting-house-GB-FTS-113083)
- **Published Value:** £158,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 September 2023 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Postal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £169,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c`

## 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/tv-licensing-postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [bbc.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tv-licensing-postal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c#participate

## Description
The BBC has a requirement for the provision of TV Licensing Postal Services.
Under the terms of the BBC Royal Charter.   The BBC is responsible for the collection and
administration of the licence fee revenue throughout the UK, the Channel Islands and
the Isle of Man. The majority of TV Licensing letters are sent to unlicensed addresses to ensure all households and other premises are correctly licensed but TV Licensing also issues letters to direct debit customers in line with its statutory obligations under the
BACS Regulations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The contract covers the delivery of all TV Licensing mailings as follows:
 - the collection of mailings from the BBC's outsourced print production sites; and
 - the sorting and delivery of these items to Royal Mail in the most efficient and cost effe...

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

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of TVL Postal Services (active)
  - Award id: `014612-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Whistl UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-146291`
  - Value: £169,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of TVL Postal Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £169,000,000
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014612-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-08T08:55:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:55:11.891Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c