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Ministry of Defence, DE&S Mat Strat, British Forces Post Office (BFPO) Team

Provision of Services for Overseas Conveyance of HM Forces Mail

TransportCPV 60000000 60400000 60420000
Value£2.0m
Awarded21 Aug 2018
Published27 Aug 2018
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The British Forces Post Office (BFPO), part of the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), provides a worldwide postal service to HM Ships and support to Operations and Exercises.

The organisation is now considering the requirement for provision of services for the secure conveyance for HM Forces Mail, post September 2018.

The Mail (letters and cards, large letters, small packets, and parcels up to 11Kgs in weight (ships) and 2Kgs (Operations and Exercises, although, by exception, some Exercises may be allowed up to 30 Kgs) would be despatched by BFPO in mail bags for an Outbound service only.

This service commences at either London Heathrow or London Gatwick.

Other aspects of the requirement are described later in this Notice.

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What the notice asks for

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The British Forces Post Office (BFPO), part

The British Forces Post Office (BFPO), part of the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), provides a worldwide postal service to HM Ships and support to Operations and Exercises.

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