Notice Information
Notice Title
TV Licensing Postal Services
Notice Description
The BBC has a requirement for the provision of TV Licensing Postal Services. Under the terms of the BBC Royal Charter. The BBC is responsible for the collection and administration of the licence fee revenue throughout the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The majority of TV Licensing letters are sent to unlicensed addresses to ensure all households and other premises are correctly licensed but TV Licensing also issues letters to direct debit customers in line with its statutory obligations under the BACS Regulations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract covers the delivery of all TV Licensing mailings as follows: - the collection of mailings from the BBC's outsourced print production sites; and - the sorting and delivery of these items to Royal Mail in the most efficient and cost effective way possible to minimise Royal Mail charges for the BBC. These mailings are essential for the BBC in managing the collection and administration of licence fee revenue. The majority of the mailings are; 1) Mailings to unlicensed addresses for which no email address is available; 2) Statutory obligations under the BACS Regulations to send mailings to direct debit customers regarding increases in the licence fee; and 3) Mailings to customers who have not consented to email communications.
Options: The initial term of the contract will be for 36 months with an option to extend for up to two (2) occasions of one (1) year on each occasion.
Renewal: The Contract duration includes a three (3) month transition / mobilisation period. The Contract will have an initial term of three (3) years from the Service Commencement date. The initial term may be extended at the BBC's discretion on up to two (2) occasions for a further period of one (1) year on each occasion.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03f05c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014612-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender 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
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64110000 - Postal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £158,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £169,000,000 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Mar 20241 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
- THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC)BROADCASTING HOUSE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Connie Moseley, Tracey Orekoya
- Contact Email
- connie.moseley@bbc.co.uk, tracey.orekoya.ext@bbc.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1234567890
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1A 1AA
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- West End
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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