Official UK procurement notice
Outgoing Mail Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Greensquareaccord (Central government)
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£767,400≈ £192k / year · £960,000 inc. VAT4.3% above published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Feb 2026awarded 8 Apr 2026
Awarded to Integrity Print Limited
Contract term 4 yrsends 6 Apr 2030 · up to 6 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 6 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide Outgoing Mail Services to the whole of GSA.
CPV: Electronic mail service provider · Electronic mail services · Electronic mail software development services · Mailing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£767,400
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Resources and Management Question: 10%
- IT Support and Business Continuity: 15%
- Business Continuity and Operational Resilience: 15%
- Data Protection: 10%
- Supplier Presentation: 10%
- Pricing: 35%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Pricing: Complete and upload Appendix 6 Pricing Matrix as part of your tender submission. Appendix 6 is available in the tender pack.
- Resources and Management Question
- IT Support and Business Continuity
- Business Continuity and Operational Resilience
- Data Protection
- Supplier Presentation: Suppliers who have submitted a tender return will attend a presentation to demonstrate the Sub Criteria explained in Appendix 1 Invitation to Tender Document that can be found in the tender pack.
- Social Value: Complete and upload Appendix 7 Social Value Matrix as part of your tender submission. Appendix 7 is available in the tender pack.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jan 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2026, 07:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002664- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0604a7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All tenders are to be submitted via the Intend Portal.
Timeline
13 Jan 2026 → 2 Jul 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published286 days ago13 Jan 2026, 13:27 GMT
- Clarification questions by258 days ago10 Feb 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline251 days ago17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by224 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago6 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent202 days ago8 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends180 days ago29 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published116 days ago2 Jul 2026, 07:57 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Tender notice published13 Jan 2026, 13:27 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Apr 2026, 11:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Apr 2026, 11:46 BST
- Contract signature expected11 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Jul 2026, 07:57 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £800,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrity Print Limited1 Jun 2026 – 1 Jun 2030 · up to 1 Jun 2031Extensions: 4 Year Contract with the option to extend by 12 months | £800,000 | 8 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Outgoing Mail Services · Integrity Print Limited
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2026
- Value
- £800,000
- Period
- 5 Aug 2026 – 5 Aug 2030 · up to 5 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 4 Year contract with the option to extend by 1 year
3 agreed KPIs: Time of Mail Dispatch · Tracking and Reporting Compliance · Security and Confidentiality
- Time of Mail Dispatch
- Tracking and Reporting Compliance
- Security and Confidentiality
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INTEGRITY PRINT LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Suppliers can access the tender pack via the intend portal. All submissions for this procurement will be via the Intend Portal.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender