PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Courier Services DHL

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) · published 13 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.

Contracts Finder release ID34b069be-3132-4eb7-b12f-871340019dcc-917553
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1
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
£145,000
award field
Tender value
£145,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
64120000
Courier services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

International, and some domestic, courier services to ensure student material reaches our students where Royal Mail and Yodel services are not appropriate. Also courier services for the wider OU where required.

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 release13 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published4 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published3 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published4 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 13 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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