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title: "Format Refresh Consultancy"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e502"
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buyer: "Post Office Limited"
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# Format Refresh Consultancy

Buyer: Post Office Limited  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e502

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## Summary

Post Office Limited procured business and management consultancy services for its Format Refresh Programme. The appointed consultant was required to develop the programme’s strategy, define its scope, design an operating model and set out the procurement requirements needed to take the programme forward. This is advisory and strategic work rather than the supply of physical goods or construction. The requirement sits within the professional services market for organisations that can combine business strategy, operating-model design and procurement planning. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The buyer is Post Office Limited, a public undertaking based in London, and the requirement was structured as a single service lot for the overall consultancy assignment.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Newmark Gerald Eve LLP. The award was made on 20 July 2026, with the contract signed on 16 July 2026. The contract runs from 20 July 2026 to 28 December 2026. Its value is £168,188 excluding VAT, or £191,923.20 including VAT. The process used a below-threshold procedure, with the specific method recorded as unknown. One lot covered the full requirement. The award is active and the contract is active. The appointed supplier is Newmark Gerald Eve LLP, a large organisation. The procurement was evaluated as a services requirement for business and management consultancy.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Post Office Limited for specialist advisers able to shape a significant organisational change programme from strategy through to procurement. Suppliers best placed for a future requirement of this kind would need credible experience in developing transformation or estate-format strategies, translating them into a practical scope, designing operating models and writing clear procurement requirements. They would also need to work with a large public undertaking, turn strategic recommendations into implementable commercial documentation and coordinate the different disciplines involved in a programme rather than offering a narrow standalone service. Evidence of comparable business and management consultancy assignments, strong analytical and stakeholder-management capability, and the capacity to deliver an integrated advisory engagement would strengthen a competitor’s position.

## Notice

Consultancy to develop strategy, scope, operating model and procurement requirements for the Format Refresh Programme

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077837-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| 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 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 20 Jul 2026 - 28 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £168,188 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Post Office Limited |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2V 7ER |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Bassishaw |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Newmark Gerald Eve LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 16:27 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077837-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077837-2026
  14th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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