Contract award · 27 Mar 2025

Second Class Mail

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council awarded “Second Class Mail” to Whistl UK Ltd for £1.34m on 27 Mar 2025.

Postal & telecoms servicesYorkshire and the Humber

Competition with a shortlist

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

Key facts

Buyer
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,343,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Postal & telecoms services · Postal and telecommunications services (CPV 64000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date27 Mar 2025
  2. Published8 May 2025Published 42 days after the contract date

Description

This procurement seeks to establish a single supplier for postal services on behalf of the Buyers and is being conducted as a Further Competition under the CCS Postal Services and Solutions Commercial Agreement (RM6280), Lot 2 Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels within the UK. This is an aggregated procurement. Aggregations bring together Buyers with the same core requirement (postal services) to procure these through a single procurement process. Rotherham Borough Council (RMBC) wishes to appoint a contractor that will meet the needs of the authority for the day-to-day business mail with efficient and reliable delivery/collection services. The mail solution required as a minimum will include; • Bulk Mail Items • Standard Mail Items • Sorted and Unsorted Mail Items • Local/ Regional Mail Deliveries • Unaddressed Mail Items (door to door) • Secured Mail Items (Receipted Mail) • Collections • Track and Trace Facility • Provision of Consumables and Equipment

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