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title: "HO Premium Mail Services Royal Mail"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e349"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Home Office"
published: "2026-08-13"
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# HO Premium Mail Services Royal Mail

Buyer: Home Office  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e349

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## Summary

The Home Office procured premium mail services for its sites across the United Kingdom. The requirement covers delivery of inbound mail from customers and their representatives, provision of PO Boxes to route incoming correspondence to the appropriate teams and locations, and collection and despatch of customer-bound letters, notifications and documents. Outbound services include Special Delivery and First Class mail, depending on operational requirements, site or function needs, and customer choice or payment. The service also includes collecting letters for delivery by air mail to international customers. This is a public-sector mail delivery service, classified under CPV 64121100. The buyer is the Home Office, a central government department, and the awarded supplier is Royal Mail Group Limited.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Royal Mail Group Limited on 13 August 2026 through a direct award. The award value is £6.9 million excluding VAT, or £8.28 million including VAT. The contract period runs from 15 September 2026 to 15 September 2028, with a possible one-year extension to 15 September 2029. The buyer’s stated rationale was that the required service levels had limited competition, and that Royal Mail offered a unique combination of products, including First Class and Special Delivery, in current market conditions. The procedure was evaluated on the basis of single-supplier technical reasons. One lot was awarded, and the award is active.

This outcome indicates demand for an integrated national mail operation supporting a large public body with varied inbound and outbound requirements. Suppliers seeking comparable work would need dependable collection and delivery infrastructure, broad postal product coverage, and the ability to handle First Class, Special Delivery and international air-mail services. The requirement also favours organisations able to provide PO Boxes and route correspondence accurately to different teams and locations. Credibility would depend on operational resilience across multiple Home Office sites, consistent service levels, reliable document handling and the capacity to accommodate different delivery requirements and customer-paid services. Experience delivering regulated, high-volume or operationally sensitive mail services for public-sector or similarly distributed organisations would strengthen a competing offer.

## Notice

1. Delivery to various HO sites of inbound mail from customers and their representatives. 2. Provision of PO Boxes to facilitate streaming of inbound mail to appropriate teams/locations. 3. Collection and despatch from various HO locations, of customer bound letters, notifications and documents via Special Delivery, First Class- dependent on the operational requirements/need of each HO site/function, and customer choice/payment. 4. Collection of letters for delivery by Air Mail to International customers.

### Procurement Information

We discussed at length with the framework manager our intention to DA given the lack of competition for the service levels required, our rationale based on current market conditions and that Royal Mail indeed hold a unique position due to their vast product choice from 1st class and special delivery

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077097-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 15 Sep 2026 - 15 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £6,900,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Home Office |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 64121100 - Mail delivery services

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 10:37 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077097-2026
- 13 Aug 2026 at 10:08 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077077-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077097-2026
  13th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077077-2026
  13th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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