Contracts Finder notice
Provision of Downstream Access DSA Postal Services
Authority: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Downstream Access Postal Services to NHS trusts across Lincolnshire and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Additional information:
Lot 1 Lincolnshire comprising United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ULTH Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust LCHS and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust LPFT
Lot 2 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Both lots include the option for small packages and parcels collection and delivery at the discretion of each contracting authority.
Lot 1 commenced 1 October 2026. Call-off signature date 20 September 2026. ULTH is the contracting authority on behalf of itself and LCHS under its LCHG group model. ULTH and LCHS estimated value over 4 years is £6m excluding VAT. LPFT may call-off services under Lot 1 directly as a contracting authority at a future date at its discretion subject to the execution of a separate call-off agreement. LPFT estimated value £1.3m over 4 years ex. VAT or part thereof.
Lot 2 will commence 1 November 2026. Contract signature date 16 October 2026. Estimated value over 4 years is £2.7m ex. VAT. UHDB is the sole contracting authority under this lot.
Contract values over 4 years at individual trust level and combined aggregate level may exceed the totals specified due to the pass through of Third Party ie Final Mile Delivery and other statutory led costs outside of the contracting authorities' control.
Both lots will end 30 September 2028 but may be extended as options for 2 x 12 months at each contracting authority's discretion.
Framework GCA RM6280 Lot 2 Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels within UK via Further Competition
Both lots individually evaluated and awarded to DHL eCommerce Ltd
Published procurement details
- Framework cited in notice
- Postal Services & Solutions · RM6280
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- CF-3733100D0O000000rwimUAA
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Min Value
- £5,000,000.00
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- LN2 5QY; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Contract starts1 Oct 2026
- Award decision20 Oct 2026
- Notice published20 Oct 2026
- Contract ends30 Sept 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- DHL ECOMMERCE UK LIMITEDSupplier
- Business size
- Large
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-cf75cb34-62bc-40a8-8728-b49f3ef01952-2026-10-20T08:45:03+01:00
- Published
- 20 Oct 2026
- Latest update
- 20 Oct 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-cf75cb34-62bc-40a8-8728-b49f3ef01952
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-cf75cb34-62bc-40a8-8728-b49f3ef01952-1