Notice Information
Notice Title
Postal collection and delivery services
Notice Description
Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels
Lot Information
Lot 1
The council has a need for the delivery and collection of postal services for all non-electronic written correspondence.
Options: Initial contract term is for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years (to 2029)
Procurement Information
Call-off from an existing framework with Crown Commercial Services as per information supplied. The framework itself was published in the Official Journal of the European Union or the Find a Tender service and an award notice was issued for the succesful suppliers. Is a fully compliant framework the council can call-off from for above and below threshold procurements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04447a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006600-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64112000 - Postal services related to letters
64113000 - Postal services related to parcels
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Feb 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Jan 20242 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
- NORWICH CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement team
- Contact Email
- procurement@norwich.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR2 1NH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Mancroft
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
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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