Contract award · 20 Oct 2026

Provision of Downstream Access DSA Postal Services

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust awarded “Provision of Downstream Access DSA Postal Services” to DHL eCommerce UK Ltd for £10m.

Postal & telecoms servicesEast Midlands

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Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£10,000,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Postal & telecoms services · Postal services (CPV 64110000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date20 Oct 2026
  2. Published20 Oct 2026Published the same day

Description

Provision of Downstream Access Postal Services to NHS trusts across Lincolnshire and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Additional information: Lot 1 Lincolnshire comprising United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ULTH Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust LCHS and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust LPFT Lot 2 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Both lots include the option for small packages and parcels collection and delivery at the discretion of each contracting authority. Lot 1 commenced 1 October 2026. Call-off signature date 20 September 2026. ULTH is the contracting authority on behalf of itself and LCHS under its LCHG group model. ULTH and LCHS estimated value over 4 years is £6m excluding VAT. LPFT may call-off services under Lot 1 directly as a contracting authority at a future date at its discretion subject to the execution of a separate call-off agreement. LPFT estimated value £1.3m over 4 …

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