Contracts Finder notice
Format of the Future (2030)
Authority: Post Office
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPost Office is undertaking a programme to modernise and refresh approximately 9,500 branches by 2030. To support future investment decisions, the business identified a requirement for specialist strategic design consultancy services to define the long-term role and purpose of the Post Office network and develop future branch concepts.
The requirement includes development of:
- Future network strategy
- Customer propositions and journeys
- Branch format concepts
- Future service opportunities
- Design intent documentation
- Future success measurement framework
The output will provide a strategic blueprint against which future branch, customer experience, technology and operational change programmes can align.
Additional information: Values included in this notice are excluding VAT.
This award was carried out as a Competitive Call Off from Post Office's own Framework - Branch Assessment and Design & Shop-fit and Signage Framework which commenced 1st July 2024.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- POLFF
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision22 Sept 2026
- Contract starts22 Sept 2026
- Notice published13 Oct 2026
- Contract ends31 Dec 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Post OfficeContracting authority
- Identifier
- sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/t9Gu6N7M · GB-SRS
Suppliers named on the notice
- QUININE DESIGN LTDSupplier
- Identifier
- 06169444 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4f4d83a2-b04c-4ae4-acaa-6307d9d9e4b6-2026-10-13T12:31:02+01:00
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
- Latest update
- 13 Oct 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4f4d83a2-b04c-4ae4-acaa-6307d9d9e4b6
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4f4d83a2-b04c-4ae4-acaa-6307d9d9e4b6-1