Courier Services

Telecoms & PostCPV 64120000

Value£100.0m

Deadline31 May 2029

Published14 Jan 2025

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 14 Jan 20251007 days leftCloses 31 May 2029

Who to contact

tenders@procurementassist.co.uk

+44 3301281336

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£100.0mtotal contract value

median £200k

this tender£0£108.0m

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.

When this comes round again

Procurement Assist Limited c/o Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd (iFM Bolton)'s Postal & Telecommunications cycle is past due — it ran about every 11 months across 5 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.

65% of Procurement Assist Limited c/o Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd (iFM Bolton)’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

PA invites organisations to participate in a 60-month DPS for the supply of Courier Services.

The DPS will be accessible by all current and future Clients of PA.

The DPS may be used by all NHS Trusts, Social Housing Providers, Local Authorities, Blue Light Services, Education, Charities and all other contracting authorities that are located in the United Kingdom including those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102.

Clients may specify specific, or a combination of different types of service.

The DPS requires relevant qualified service providers and comprises of secure overnight and same day collection and delivery services to UK and International locations for standard and specialist items.

Procurement Assist is publishing this Notice of Amendment made pursuant to the original Notice 2022/S 000-005194 to extend the DPS to 31 May 2029.

The remaining information in relation to this DPS is unchanged.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

PA invites organisations to participate in

PA invites organisations to participate in a 60-month DPS for the supply of Courier Services.

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.

What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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