Notice Information
Notice Title
Royal Mail Quality of Service Audits
Notice Description
Ofcom is the communications regulator in the UK. We regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom operates under a number of Acts of Parliament. In accordance with Ofcom's functions under the Postal Services Act 2011, Ofcom has imposed a Designated Universal Service Provider Condition (DUSP Condition) on Royal Mail Group Limited (Royal Mail). Among other things, this condition imposes certain Quality of Service standards on Royal Mail in connection with its provision of the Universal Postal Service. These standards include, for example, delivering: * 93% of first class letters within one working day; * 98.5% of second class letters within three working days; * 99% of special delivery letters by 1pm one working day after collection; and * Within certain postcode areas, 91.5% of first class letters within one working day Ofcom has a requirement for the monitoring of Royal Mail's Quality of Service performance to be audited in line with the specifications of Standards EN 13850:2020 (E) and EN 14508:2016 (E). The audit would involve critically assessing Royal Mail's testing methodology for monitoring its performance in respect of the measurement of the transit time of end-to-end services for single piece priority (First Class stamped and metered) mail and non-priority (Second Class stamped and metered) mail, in line with the Standards.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Ofcom will run a procurement exercise for Royal Mail Quality of Service Audits, to be awarded to a single provider. The procurement will be undertaken in line with the Open Procedure as set out in the Public Contracts Directive (and as implemented in the UK by the Public Contracts Regulations). The total value of the services is estimated in the range PS420,000 - PS480,000 ex VAT over a five-year contract term. Interested parties can access the full tender documentation and guidance via the Ofcom eTendering portal, hosted by BravoSolution at the following link: www.ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk. Tenderer's will need to be registered on the portal for access to the documentation. Once registered tenderers should locate 'itt_1339 - C20221470 - Royal Mail Quality of Service Audits'.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03868b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014201-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £480,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £480,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £470,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 May 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Jan 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 1 May 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OFCOM
- Contact Name
- Alex Lindsay
- Contact Email
- alex.lindsay@ofcom.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2079813000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 9HA
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Southwark
- Electoral Ward
- Borough & Bankside
- Westminster Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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