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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Defra Group General Courier Service

Telecoms & PostCPV 64121100
Value£1.8m
Deadline
Published17 Oct 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
network.procurement@defra.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£7.9m

This is a large award for Postal & Telecommunications — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,074 valued Postal & Telecommunications tenders in our corpus.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS has published 77 notices across all categories, and 14% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra Group also known as Buyer) requires a day-to-day courier service for its staff across the United Kingdom and internationally to ensure continuity of service in the works that we do.

Supplier shall be required to collect and deliver consignments from a variety of premises.

These will predominantly consist of offices and laboratories, though other premises may be required to be attended on behalf of Buyer.

Consignments are on average between 100g and 25kg in weight.

No estimates or volumes can be guaranteed.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Department for Environment Food and Rural

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra Group also known as Buyer) requires a day-to-day courier service for its staff across the United Kingdom and internationally to ensure continuity of service in the works that we do.

02

Supplier shall be required to collect

Supplier shall be required to collect and deliver consignments from a variety of premises.

03

These will predominantly consist of offices

These will predominantly consist of offices and laboratories, though other premises may be required to be attended on behalf of Buyer.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ce93
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
066189-2025
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