Contract award · 14 May 2025

Post and Courier Services

Sheffield City Council awarded “Post and Courier Services” to Royal Mail Group Limited for £3.7m on 14 May 2025.

Postal & telecoms servicesYorkshire and the Humber

Value £3.7m

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Sheffield City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£3,700,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Postal & telecoms services · Post and courier services (CPV 64100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date14 May 2025
  2. Published26 Jun 2025Published 43 days after the contract date

Description

The Council would like to appoint a dedicated 3rd party to deal with post and courier services to achieve better value for money and allow for a more efficient and effective management of items. This will be as a minimum the following services: • Collection, sorting, and delivery of mail communication to addresses across the UK and international destinations. • Collection and delivery services for letters, large letters, pre-paid return mail, and parcels within the UK, Europe, Non - Europe destinations and Rest of the World destinations. • A range of delivery options. • A full track and trace solution for all mail items and parcels. • A robust process in place for dealing with mail items which have not been delivered successfully. • An on-demand courier service. • Necessary equipment and consumables needed to use the service at no additional cost to the client. • Security of all mail items collected from the client location during the collection and delivery process. • Staff performin…

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