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title: "Postal Goods and Services - AWARD"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "London Borough of Croydon"
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# Postal Goods and Services - AWARD

Buyer: London Borough of Croydon  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9a38410a-15d1-4e97-a71f-35e3fe5051b9

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## Summary

The London Borough of Croydon’s requirement is for postal services: collection and delivery of letters, large letters and parcels. The service covers the United Kingdom and also destinations in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Europe, the rest of the world and British Overseas Territories. Royal Mail was approached to provide the service through the Government Commercial Agency’s Postal Services & Solutions Framework, under its collection and delivery lot. This is a council-wide postal goods and services requirement, rather than a procurement for postal infrastructure or delivery equipment. The contract’s stated purpose is to replace the council’s existing arrangement with a new postal service.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Royal Mail Group Ltd on 20 October 2026. The award value is £1.4 million. It was run as a restricted procedure and a direct award through the Government Commercial Agency’s Postal Services & Solutions Framework, using the framework lot for UK collection and delivery of letters, large letters and parcels. The contract period runs from 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2027, with an option to extend for six months, giving a possible maximum period of 18 months. The service go-live was scheduled for 14 September 2026. The procurement describes a single postal services requirement; no separate lots are identified. The stated procurement suitability is not for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises.

Royal Mail’s selection shows that Croydon buys a managed postal service spanning routine letters, large letters and parcels, with delivery across UK and international destinations. A credible competitor for this requirement would need the operational reach to collect and distribute all three mail formats across those destinations, as well as the capacity to deliver a council-scale service reliably. The buyer used a direct award under the relevant Government Commercial Agency framework lot, so experience and qualification for that framework route would be commercially relevant if the requirement returns to market. The stated unsuitability for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises indicates that the buyer’s intended supplier profile favours an established postal operator with broad delivery coverage and resources to manage the full service. No particular accreditation or technical standard is identified.

## Notice

The Council requires a new contract for the Postal Goods and Services and has therefore approached Royal Mail to tender for this service as a direct award under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Postal Services & Solutions Framework RM6280 Lot 2: Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels within UK. The contract is for 12 months, with an option to extend for 6 months, bringing the aggregate contract period to 18 months, with service go-live scheduled for 14 September 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ae72918-924f-4c1e-a34d-ce90e286f550 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 14 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,400,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,400,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | London Borough of Croydon |
| Locality | CROYDON |
| Postcode area | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR0 1EA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Fairfield |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Royal Mail Group Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 64110000 - Postal services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 13:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ae72918-924f-4c1e-a34d-ce90e286f550

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ae72918-924f-4c1e-a34d-ce90e286f550
  20th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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