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Postal Services Framework Spend (April 2025 - June 2025)

Scottish Borders Council

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31 Jul 2026 at 01:00

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Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Borders Council bought postal services through Lot 1 of the Scottish Government Postal Services Framework 2021. The requirement covered a one-stop shop for physical, hybrid, scheduled or regular bulk print-and-post services, and digital mail services. The service supports the council’s outgoing postal and associated digital communications. Delivery was for Scottish Borders Council in the Scottish Borders, with the council headquartered at Newtown St Boswells. Royal Mail was the appointed supplier. The requirement is a services contract for organisations able to manage high-volume physical and hybrid mail, print-and-post operations and digital mail through a public-sector framework arrangement.

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. Scottish Borders Council called off the requirement from the Scottish Government Postal Services Framework rather than running a standalone invitation to tender. The open procedure was used for the framework route, with one award to Royal Mail for Lot 1. The contract was signed on 1 April 2024 and is active. Its recorded value is £132,178.69. The award relates to actual regulated framework call-off spend incurred between 1 April 2025 and 30 June 2025. One bid was recorded, from a non-EU supplier, and no SME bid was recorded. The lot states that price and quality weightings did not apply to the cumulative-spend award.

For a supplier that did not win this award, the procurement demonstrates recurring public-sector demand for integrated postal and digital mail services at a substantial council-wide scale. A credible competitor would need to provide reliable physical mail, hybrid mail, scheduled or regular bulk print-and-post, and digital mail through a framework-compatible operating model. Relevant strengths include proven high-volume handling, dependable delivery performance, print and fulfilment capability, secure processing of council correspondence, and the systems needed to link physical and digital channels. Suppliers should also be able to operate within collaborative Scottish public-sector framework arrangements and demonstrate capacity to serve a local authority consistently. The single recorded bid and absence of an SME bid indicate a market currently dominated by large-scale providers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Postal Services Framework Spend (April 2025 - June 2025)

Notice Description

This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scottish Government Framework for Postal Services by Scottish Borders Council during the period (1st April 2025- 30th June 2025).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Cumulative spend from the Scottish Government Framework Postal Services SP-19-035-1 during the period 1st April 2025 - 30th June 2025.. The Award Criteria and the price and quality weightings do not apply when publishing the cumulative spend incurred at Scottish Borders Council from the collaborative Framework.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000837684
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL561351
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

64110000 - Postal services

64112000 - Postal services related to letters

64121100 - Mail delivery services

64216120 - Electronic mail services

72412000 - Electronic mail service provider

79571000 - Mailing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£132,178 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Borders Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS
Postcode
TD6 0SA
Postcode Area
Galashiels
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Delivery Location
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Local Authority
Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward
Selkirkshire
Westminster Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Royal Mail

Further Information

Notice Documents

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