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title: "Warehousing, Storage and Delivery Services"
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# Warehousing, Storage and Delivery Services

Buyer: POST OFFICE LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-031e523c-cd7c-49a8-af2a-5447590f4d18

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## Summary

The Post Office Limited is seeking to outsource its National Stock Centre operations for warehousing, storage, and delivery services. The tender, titled "Warehousing, Storage and Delivery Services," falls under the industry category of Warehousing services and offers a contract worth £50 million. The procurement method is a selective procedure with a tender period ending on 31st October 2022. The contract period is expected to start on 1st May 2023 and end on 30th April 2033, with the delivery addresses covering regions across the United Kingdom.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in warehousing, logistics, and delivery services to compete for a long-term contract with the Post Office. Companies with expertise in modern warehouse software platforms, parcel delivery services, and logistics operations are well-suited to bid for this opportunity. Businesses that can provide cost-effective, service-oriented, and flexible solutions tailored to the Post Office's requirements are likely to succeed in this competitive procurement process.

## Notice

The Post Office Ltd National Stock Centre (NSC) consists of two operations: Warehouse operations and Delivery Services. Warehouse operations includes forecasting, inventory planning and receiving SKUs from suppliers all the way up to delivery of transactional and value stock. Carriage management includes the dispatch of thousands of parcels a year from the stock centre to Post Office locations across the UK. The Post Office distributes stock to branches under an outsourcing arrangement and will continue doing so with a third party courier which will end in 2025/2026. It is anticipated that from the end of the existing outsourcing arrangement, the supplier will be required to undertake logistics services for the remainder of the duration of the contract. In the last operational year the Post Office: -Processes c.900,000 orders per annum through the warehouse. -Delivers c.600,000 of these orders) through next day and 48 hour parcel delivery services to c.11,500 Post Offices nationwide in the UK. -Warehouse holds 2400 SKUs, stores 4500 pallets and receives 16,500 pallets annually. Post Office are seeking to outsource their National Stock Centre operations so that they can benefit in the following ways: Cost o Reduce operating costs to gain better visibility into the cost drivers. o Benefits to changes in volume leading to cost change. Service o Post Office currently operates a legacy paper pick warehouse system and is looking to benefit from moving to a Vendor operating a modern warehouse software platform in order to improve pick accuracy. Capability o Post Office would like to move towards a newer WMS platform with increased functionality and streamlined processes. o Post Office is looking to gain increased visibility of the order within the warehouse, with the ability to see when an order is received, picked, packed and shipped. o Confirm exactly what orders and SKUs have been dispatched on which trailer, ensuring that there is full visibility on what exactly is being sent to which location. Flexibility o What Post Office would like to have by outsourcing their operation is to be able to take advantage of being able to flex their volumes at peak times, reducing it once the peak is over and also benefit from the associated cost flex that is in line with volumes.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba296545-728f-404b-a31d-8f1c2a498f5f |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Oct 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2033 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | POST OFFICE LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2Y 9AQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Bunhill |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLM Scotland, TLN Northern Ireland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 63122000 - Warehousing services
- 64121000 - Multi-modal courier services
- 64121200 - Parcel delivery services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2022 at 12:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba296545-728f-404b-a31d-8f1c2a498f5f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba296545-728f-404b-a31d-8f1c2a498f5f
  30th September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

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