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PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Courier Services - Royal Mail

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) · published 15 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID0cb1b9ec-5e31-40eb-b63c-b86bfbc8a3bf-917942
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-f787f494-0804-4915-80c8-66d5420de6c6
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£832,440
award field
Tender value
£832,440
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
64100000
Post and courier services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Call-off contract for the use of Royal Mail as a courier by the OU

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release15 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published6 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published5 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published6 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published10 Jan 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 15 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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