Postal services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 64110000·Services · class·in Postal and telecommunications services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 38 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 10 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 44 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Office Branch - Carr House Road | Post Office Limited | 5 Nov 2026 | 11d | £8,000 |
| Post Office Branch - Morton | Post Office Limited | 4 Nov 2026 | 10d | £24,000 |
| Post Office Branch - Tannochside | Post Office Limited | 20 Jan 2027 | 87d | £46,350 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
64114000 Post office counter services217 notices · 72%64110000 Postal services32 notices · 11%64112000 Postal services related to letters25 notices · 8%64113000 Postal services related to parcels12 notices · 4%Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Other public bodies76%(227 notices)
227 of 299 notices are Other public bodies (76%).Central government11%(32 notices)
32 of 299 notices are Central government (11%).Local authorities10%(29 notices)
29 of 299 notices are Local authorities (10%).Education & universities1%(4 notices)
4 of 299 notices are Education & universities (1%).Police, fire & emergency1%(3 notices)
3 of 299 notices are Police, fire & emergency (1%).Not classified1%(4 notices)
4 of 299 notices are Not classified (1%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Post Office Limited | Other public bodies | 223 | 223 | 41 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Student Loans Company | Central government | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshire East Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Department of Finance | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Derbyshire County Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Halton Borough Council | Local authorities | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY | Education & universities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
60 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 275 of 301 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | 38% | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | 27% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract97%(293 notices)
293 of 301 notices are Contract (97%).Framework3%(8 notices)
8 of 301 notices are Framework (3%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open75%(227 notices)
227 of 301 notices are Open (75%).Direct award9%(26 notices)
26 of 301 notices are Direct award (9%).Limited / restricted8%(24 notices)
24 of 301 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Route not published5%(14 notices)
14 of 301 notices are Route not published (5%).Selective3%(10 notices)
10 of 301 notices are Selective (3%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold99%(221 notices)
221 of 224 notices are Above threshold (99%).Below threshold1%(3 notices)
3 of 224 notices are Below threshold (1%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (267) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
225 of 264 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
22 SME bids out of 23, on 4 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1 of 26 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
1 of 267 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 77 awards to 35 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 64% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| The Royal Mail Group Limited (t/a Parcelforce Worldwide) | 20 | 20 | 7 | 15 |
| WHISTL UK LIMITED | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| Synertec Limited | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| QUADIENT UK LIMITED | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Royal Mail | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| FREEDOM CONVENIENCE LTD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Neopost Ltd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| ASRA PO LTD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 8 of 301 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in postal services
44 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 6411. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.