Sector · CPV division 64

Postal & telecoms services: UK public contracts

197 UK public postal & telecoms services contracts in the last 12 months, worth £684m. Who is buying, who is winning, and 32% without competition.

Covers CPV division 64, “Postal and telecommunications services”. The busiest buyers recently were Home Office and NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust).

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Contracts (last 12 months): 197
Published value: £684mwhere stated
Without competition: 32%64 contracts
Won by SMEs: 19%of 183 with size known

Contracts awarded per month 407 contracts · busiest month May 2025

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Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Home Office 6 contracts · £16.8m
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) 5 contracts · £695k
Ministry of Justice 3 contracts · £155m
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 3 contracts · £975k
UK Health Security Agency 3 contracts · £653k
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust 3 contracts · £124k
NHS England 3 contracts · £80,149
DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency 2 contracts · £316m
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 2 contracts · £10.4m
Nottingham City Council 2 contracts · £5.44m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Vodafone Limited 13 contracts · £126m
Virgin Media Business Limited 13 contracts · £2.32m
Royal Mail Group Limited 12 contracts · £5.19m
British Telecommunications 11 contracts · £76.5m
Gamma Network Solutions Limited 8 contracts · £1.12m
CitySprint (UK) Limited 7 contracts · £4.51m
Whistl UK Ltd 6 contracts · £23.3m
DX Network Services Ltd 6 contracts · £10.9m
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 6 contracts · £3.56m
Quadient UK Limited 4 contracts · £5.73m

By region

London 49 contracts · £243m
North West 24 contracts · £45.3m
North East 21 contracts · £10.6m
South East 20 contracts · £2.8m
East Midlands 19 contracts · £20.5m
East of England 15 contracts · £18.1m
Wales 14 contracts · £333m
Yorkshire and the Humber 12 contracts · £3.08m
West Midlands 10 contracts · £1.71m
South West 9 contracts · £3.32m
Scotland 2 contracts · £1.04m

Latest contracts

Date	Contract	Buyer	Supplier	Value
30 Oct 2026	SIP Network Provider	Lancashire County Council	Gamma Network Solutions Limited	£250k
28 Oct 2026	APHA International Specialist Courier Services No competition	Animal and Plant Health Agency	GTS Enterprises T/A Worldnet Shipping	£100k
26 Oct 2026	VIP Postal Screening Service C17057	Home Office	Swiss Post UK & EIRE Ltd	£150k
22 Oct 2026	C475892 WebEDI Support and Maintenance Services	NHS Business Services Authority	Civica UK Limited	£29,376
21 Oct 2026	Mobile Airtime Agreement No competition	VIVID Housing Ltd	Trinsic Ltd SME	£300k
20 Oct 2026	Provision of Downstream Access DSA Postal Services	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	DHL eCommerce UK Ltd	£10m
20 Oct 2026	Postal Goods and Services - AWARD	London Borough of Croydon	Royal Mail Group Limited	£1.4m
19 Oct 2026	Unified Communications and Mobile Services - Revised - AWARD	Education Training Collective - e-Tendering System	Chess ICT Limited	—
16 Oct 2026	NASSTAR T1510 WTE Teams Telephony	NHS England	GCI Network Solutions (T/A Nasstar)	£46,620
16 Oct 2026	BCU-DCO-59600 - ROYAL MAIL CONTRACT FOR CORRESPODENCE HUB No competition	Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board	Royal Mail	£14m
12 Oct 2026	Incoming and Outgoing Mail Services No competition	London Borough of Bromley	Royal Mail Group Limited	£242k
12 Oct 2026	Courier service for biological sample transportation from UK Biobank clinics to IMU Biosciences, London No competition	UK Biobank Ltd	Global Service Group Ltd	£324k
8 Oct 2026	Alerting text service for BTP 61016 No competition	British Transport Police Authority	PageOne Communications Ltd (t/a Critico) SME	£49,620
8 Oct 2026	C472309 - Text Appointment Reminders for Therapies	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	EE Ltd	£13,200
7 Oct 2026	Courier Services - Royal Mail	Open University(the)	Royal Mail Group Limited	£832k
6 Oct 2026	Provision of Mobile Device Connectivity Services PS6706	DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency	Vodafone	£51,375
5 Oct 2026	Courier Services DHL	Open University(the)	DHL International (UK) Limited	£145k
2 Oct 2026	Support and Maintenance of Telematics - CPA/SPU/2944	Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire/ Cheshire Constabulary	UK Telematics Limited SME	£220k
21 Sep 2026	RE25132_ A Postal Services & Solutions Interim Contract	London Borough of Ealing Council	Royal Mail Group Limited	£3
17 Sep 2026	HO Central DSA Postal Services No competition	Home Office	Whistl UK Ltd	£7.2m
17 Sep 2026	7200000 No competition	Home Office	Whistl UK Ltd	£6m
11 Sep 2026	Mobile Voice & Data Services	York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police	Vodafone	£110k
2 Sep 2026	PPL PRS Music Licence 2026-27 No competition	British Transport Police	PPL PRS Limited SME	£36,000
1 Sep 2026	Telephony contract No competition	University of Gloucestershire	Gamma Network Solutions Limited	£108k
1 Sep 2026	The Supply of Corporate SIMs	Wandle Housing Association Limited	BT PLC	£34,188
1 Sep 2026	Provision of Postal Services and Solutions	Epping Forest District Council	PSL Print Management Ltd SME	£880k
31 Aug 2026	Webex telephony and supporting hardware	City of Doncaster Council	Trustmarque Solutions Ltd SME	£276k
31 Aug 2026	Pan London Postal Goods and Services No competition	London Borough of Hackney	Royal Mail	£432k
26 Aug 2026	Provision of Genesys Cloud Contact Centre	Department for Business & Trade	British Telecommunications plc	£323k
25 Aug 2026	Wavent PSTN To Digital No competition	London Borough of Havering	Wavenet Ltd	£46,241
25 Aug 2026	Telephony services	Norfolk County Council	Trustmarque Solutions Ltd SME	£256k
24 Aug 2026	Pan London Postal Goods and Services No competition	London Borough of Hackney	Royal Mail Group Limited	£432k
24 Aug 2026	Digital Switchover Broadband lines 15 schemes	MHS Homes Group	Wavenet Ltd	£40,608
19 Aug 2026	2627 DS106 Multitone Paging No competition	NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	Multitone Electronics Plc	£237k
19 Aug 2026	Postage Services	Northumberland County Council	Royal Mail Group Limited	£206k
19 Aug 2026	Granicus communications (Govdelivery) renewal	University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	Granicus-Firmstep Limited SME	£49,413
14 Aug 2026	NDA Unified Communications and Connectivity Services 2026-2029	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	British Telecommunications Public Limited Company t/a BT PLC	£126k
12 Aug 2026	2067 Smart Messaging Service Renewal for NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care	De1 2FS	British Telecommunications plc	£726k
11 Aug 2026	Contract for Mobile Services	Herefordshire Council	Virgin Media Business Ltd SME	£64,260
6 Aug 2026	Digital Telephony Solution No competition	Bernicia Group	Zoom Communications Inc	£1.25m
5 Aug 2026	GB-London: Mobile Airtime Contract	Bip Solutions Limited	Vodafone	£800k
31 Jul 2026	Revenues and Benefits Printing and Mailing Service	Westmorland and Furness Council	CFH Docmail Ltd	£735k
28 Jul 2026	Colt Circuit provision	Government Legal Department	Colt Technology Services	£280k
27 Jul 2026	Mobile Phone Provision No competition	University of Kent	O2	£37,056
23 Jul 2026	Call-Off : Provision of SMS Messaging Services	Lincolnshire County Council	British Telecommunications plc	£16,008
17 Jul 2026	Courier Services	Competition and Markets Authority	CitySprint (UK) Limited	£18,750
16 Jul 2026	Mobile Voice & Data Services 2026-29	Folkestone and Hythe District Council	Virgin Media Business Ltd SME	£13,392
13 Jul 2026	Provision of Digital Mailroom	Wyre Council	Quadient UK Limited	£36,000
9 Jul 2026	ESNEFT2336A Additional Mobile Phone Contract for coverage issues No competition	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Vodafone	£8,946
3 Jul 2026	Provision of postal services to Swansea Bay University Health Board No competition	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Royal Mail Group Limited	£125k