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Internal Mail & Courier Service

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

19 Oct 2026 at 13:51

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

12 Mar 2026 at 15:18

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

23 Dec 2025 at 17:26

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

East of England Community and Health Care NHS Trust is buying an internal mail and courier service for NHS trust sites, with Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust acting as the named buyer. The service covers moving consumable supplies, parcels, mail and equipment around the trusts’ estates. The procurement is run for Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust and Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust also included. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust are named as potential users of the arrangement. Delivery covers sites across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. This is a logistics and courier service requirement (CPV 64100000), rather than a purchase of postal supplies or equipment.

The procurement has reached award: LIFE COURIERS UK LIMITED was selected as the single supplier. The award is recorded as pending, with contract signature scheduled after the award decision. The selective competitive flexible procedure had two stages, with a supplier questionnaire and participation criteria followed by evaluation of three final-stage bids. The award date was 15 October 2026. The contract is valued at £13 million excluding VAT (£15.6 million including VAT), for a period from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030, with two possible extensions of up to 12 months each. There is one lot. Evaluation weighted the commercial submission at 60% and qualitative submission at 40%; technical ability was assessed at the first stage.

This requirement suits a courier or logistics operator able to run secure, dependable collections and deliveries across a multi-site NHS estate, while managing changing volumes, routes, operating hours and short-notice requests. Credible providers need enough vehicles, staff, depot and scheduling capacity to handle peak demand and service changes, with robust tracking, proof of delivery, incident reporting and controls to prevent loss, damage, misdelivery or contamination. The buyer also places importance on security, confidentiality, chain of custody, information governance and data protection. Suppliers should be able to maintain continuity through disruption and breakdowns, manage fuel-cost volatility in their pricing, and plan mobilisation around organisational change. A full electric-vehicle fleet proposal was invited as a separate variant; it was optional, and the same quality submission was used to assess it alongside the proposed fleet and its operational and commercial implications.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Internal Mail & Courier Service

Notice Description

Internal mail and courier service for the majority of trust sites, includes transport of consumables supplies, parcels, mail and equipment around estate's of the Trusts. Please see specifications for further details. Contract value is calculated as follows: PS1,482 million per annum includes NCHC, CCS, CPFT and NSFT. We have included NWAFT at approx. PS1mill per annum, with a PS500k buffer.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Tenderers are invited to submit variant bids alongside their compliant bid, specifically offering a full electric vehicle (EV) fleet solution for delivery of the Services. Variant bids are requested (but not mandatory) and will be evaluated as a separate tender submission to the compliant bid. Where a tenderer submits a variant bid, this will be treated as the submission of two tenders: (1) a compliant bid meeting the Authority's stated requirements, and (2) a variant bid based on a full EV fleet proposal. Either tender may be accepted and awarded by the Authority. Tenderers should note that the same quality submission (method statements and supporting quality information) will be used to evaluate both the compliant and variant bids, with the variant bid assessed on the basis of its proposed fleet model and associated commercial and operational implications.

Renewal: Two options to extend for up to 12 months each.

Planning Information

Conduct pre market engagement to determine optimal contract term and industry capability and capacity. Please complete the following form; https://forms.office.com/e/UqYpbtxkfk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fcf8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098499-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

64 - Postal and telecommunications services

CPV Codes

64100000 - Post and courier services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£13,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£13,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£13,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
27 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
15 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
2031-01-31

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust
Additional Buyers

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CAMBRIDGE
Postcode
CB21 5EF
Postcode Area
Cambridge
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLH1 East Anglia, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
Local Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Electoral Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
Westminster Constituency
South Cambridgeshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

LIFE COURIERS UK LIMITED

Further Information

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