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Format Refresh Consultancy

Post Office Limited

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14 Aug 2026 at 16:27

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Post Office Limited procured business and management consultancy services for its Format Refresh Programme. The appointed consultant was required to develop the programme’s strategy, define its scope, design an operating model and set out the procurement requirements needed to take the programme forward. This is advisory and strategic work rather than the supply of physical goods or construction. The requirement sits within the professional services market for organisations that can combine business strategy, operating-model design and procurement planning. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The buyer is Post Office Limited, a public undertaking based in London, and the requirement was structured as a single service lot for the overall consultancy assignment.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Newmark Gerald Eve LLP. The award was made on 20 July 2026, with the contract signed on 16 July 2026. The contract runs from 20 July 2026 to 28 December 2026. Its value is £168,188 excluding VAT, or £191,923.20 including VAT. The process used a below-threshold procedure, with the specific method recorded as unknown. One lot covered the full requirement. The award is active and the contract is active. The appointed supplier is Newmark Gerald Eve LLP, a large organisation. The procurement was evaluated as a services requirement for business and management consultancy.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Post Office Limited for specialist advisers able to shape a significant organisational change programme from strategy through to procurement. Suppliers best placed for a future requirement of this kind would need credible experience in developing transformation or estate-format strategies, translating them into a practical scope, designing operating models and writing clear procurement requirements. They would also need to work with a large public undertaking, turn strategic recommendations into implementable commercial documentation and coordinate the different disciplines involved in a programme rather than offering a narrow standalone service. Evidence of comparable business and management consultancy assignments, strong analytical and stakeholder-management capability, and the capacity to deliver an integrated advisory engagement would strengthen a competitor’s position.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Format Refresh Consultancy

Notice Description

Consultancy to develop strategy, scope, operating model and procurement requirements for the Format Refresh Programme

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e502
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077837-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
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

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£168,188 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
20 Jul 2026 - 28 Dec 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Post Office Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC2V 7ER
Postcode Area
Central 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
City of London
Electoral Ward
Bassishaw
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Newmark Gerald Eve LLP

Further Information

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