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title: "Mailing and Fulfilment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05de0c"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT"
published: "2025-11-10"
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# Mailing and Fulfilment

Buyer: NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05de0c

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## Summary

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Mailing and Fulfilment," aimed at delivering high-performing mailing and fulfilment services. This process is part of early market engagement to gather insights on capabilities, innovation, and pricing to inform a future procurement. The procurement will support NHSBT's wide-reaching communications linked to donor recruitment and retention for blood and organ donation programmes. Taking place in the UK, specifically from the NHSBT offices in Bristol, this exercise is governed by the Procurement Act 2023. Interested suppliers are encouraged to participate by 17th November 2025, with the next communication set for 1st December 2025.

Participation in this early market engagement provides potential suppliers with an invaluable opportunity to showcase their capabilities and gather insights into the requirements for future tender opportunities. Suitable businesses, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, involved in mailing services, print management, data handling, and hybrid communication platforms may find this process beneficial to their business growth. Ensuring GDPR compliance and contributing towards sustainability and social value initiatives are highly regarded, making this a compelling opportunity for businesses aligned with these values to prepare for the subsequent competitive tendering phase.

## Notice

Delivery of a high-performing mailing and fulfilment service.

### Planning Information

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is inviting interested suppliers to take part in an early market engagement exercise for the provision of Direct Marketing, Print, and Fulfilment Services.
This exercise aims to gather information on market capability, innovation, and indicative pricing to help shape a future procurement. NHSBT delivers large-scale donor communications to support recruitment and retention across blood, platelet, plasma, stem cell, and organ donation programmes.
The scope may include:
Print management, fulfilment, and mailing of donor communications
Secure handling of personal data and GDPR compliance
Postal management and performance reporting
Support for digital and hybrid communication channels
Sustainability, social value, and continuous improvement initiatives
Suppliers are invited to complete a short capability questionnaire covering experience, service capacity, data handling, innovation, quality standards, and indicative cost models.
This engagement is conducted under the Procurement Act 2023 as a preliminary market engagement activity.
It is for information only and does not form part of a procurement process. Participation will not confer any advantage in any future competition.
The notice will remain open Until 17th Nov 2025 12pm

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072538-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Mar 2026 - 2 Apr 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS16 7FG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Emersons Green |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79571000 - Mailing services

## Release History

- 10 Nov 2025 at 16:22 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072538-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072538-2025
  10th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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