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title: "Hybrid Mail Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e4f6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "South Yorkshire Pensions Authority"
published: "2026-08-14"
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# Hybrid Mail Service

Buyer: South Yorkshire Pensions Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e4f6

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## Summary

South Yorkshire Pensions Authority procured a hybrid mail service: the production and delivery of mailing services for its communications and correspondence. The requirement is classified as mailing services and falls within the services category. Delivery is associated with South Yorkshire, with the authority based in Barnsley. The awarded supplier is CFH Docmail Limited, a large mailing and document-services business. The requirement is specific to hybrid mail rather than general office supplies or unrelated communications work, so it is most relevant to providers that can receive electronic documents, prepare them for physical distribution and manage the associated mailing operation for a public-sector organisation.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to CFH Docmail Limited on 18 May 2026. The contract was signed on that date and has a value of £625,000. The initial contract period is five years, with an option to extend for a further two years. South Yorkshire Pensions Authority used a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, making a direct award under Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6280 Lot 6. No mini-competition or contract-specific quality and price assessment was undertaken. The published lot is marked cancelled, but the award and contract are active. One bid was recorded, submitted electronically by a non-EU supplier.

This award indicates an established requirement for outsourced hybrid mail at substantial public-sector scale. Competitors would need an operational service that links electronic document production with reliable physical mailing, including document handling, print preparation, fulfilment and distribution. They would also need the capacity to support a pensions authority’s recurring correspondence over a multi-year service period, with dependable processing, delivery controls and service continuity. Experience of public-sector mailing requirements would strengthen credibility, as would the ability to operate through Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6280 or a comparable purchasing route. The direct-award route means framework access and compliance with its supplier and service provisions are commercially important, alongside the technical capability to manage electronic orders and high-volume mail securely.

## Notice

Provision of mailing services

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of Hybrid Mail Service. Additional information: Mandatory weighting fields have been completed for system purposes only. The contract was awarded through a direct award mechanism under CCS Framework RM6280 Lot 6 and no mini-competition or contract-specific quality/price assessment was undertaken.

### Procurement Information

This contract was awarded by direct award under Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6280 Lot 6. No further competition was undertaken and therefore no contract-specific evaluation weighting was applied. The supplier was selected in accordance with the framework's direct award provisions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077816-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 May 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £625,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | South Yorkshire Pensions Authority |
| Locality | BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S71 1HG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE33 Barnsley |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Barnsley North |
| Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CFH Docmail Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79571000 - Mailing services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 15:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077816-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104506
- https://www.sypensions.org.uk/

## Provenance

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