Notice Information
Notice Title
RoS - Secure Mail Delivery
Notice Description
Secure Mail delivery and collection throughout Scotland. Next day delivery is imperative due to our obligations to our customers. Tracked mail is also an option we use occasionally and must be available.
Lot Information
Lot 1
We are looking to put a contract in place for a secure mail delivery service encompassing next day delivery for Registers of Scotland. We have an obligation to deliver to a number of solicitors and agents and often contain legal documentation.
Procurement Information
We believe that there is only 1 company who can provide the service that we require within Scotland and that would be DX. Legal Post used to offer a similar service but were bought by DX and now they hold a monopoly on this service. We use Royal Mail for other services but they cannot guarantee next day delivery for example.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05dbda
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075878-2025
- 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
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60160000 - Mail transport by road
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £148,269 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Sep 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
- REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Scott Forrest
- Contact Email
- scott.forrest@ros.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 7AU
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Craigentinny/Duddingston
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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