GB-Bristol: FLIS Courier Service

NOTE: This notice was updated on 13 January 2021 for the following reason: THIS NOTICE IS NOW POSTPONED(Postal services. The MOD requires an external provider of mail services to collect unfranked mail from a Bristol based supplier and then distribute this to a variety of locations predominately in the UK but with around 3% going to overseas destinations. The requirement is to collect and deliver MOD Mail only, no other parties mail should be processed under this contract. The mail is to be sorted and franked following collection. Screening of the mail items is not required. Collection will be on a daily basis, Monday to Friday. Time of collection to be agreed with the successful supplier.

The majority of mail items will consist of Standard, UK letter size mail; it is estimated current volumes are between 4800 to 5000 items per month, around 1200 items per week, although volumes can fluctuate both upwards and downwards. The historic trend of demand over a recent 12-month period is provided in the table below. This is provided as an indicative forecast, and the MOD makes no guarantee that this will represent the actual level of demand over the contract period.

Description - Projected Annual Demand

Manual Letters - 33060

2nd Class Standard Tariff Letter (BFPO) - 4044

Large Letter Business Mail (0-100g) - 12336

Large Letter Business Mail (101-250g) - 3216

Large Letter Business Mail (251-500g) - 792

Large Letter Business Mail (501-750g) - 312

2nd Class Standard Tariff Large Letter (BFPO) - (0-100g) - 2412

2nd Class Standard Tariff Large Letter (BFPO) - (101-250g) - 432

2nd Class Standard Tariff Large Letter (BFPO) - (251-500g) - 3

2nd Class Standard Tariff Large Letter (BFPO) - (501-750g) - 3

Packets (0-1kg) - 720

Packets (1001g-2kg) - 348

Next Day Courier Items - 624

International Postage - Europe - 108

International ROW - 48

The contract period will run from 01/04/2021 - 30/06/2022 and the Authority will seek an option for a further 12 months.

Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.dcocontracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.

Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: R3CS773M6Q. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.

The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 27/01/2021 18:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.

If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing - support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324)