PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Courier Services

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) · published 12 Feb 2025. 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 ID53b057b4-b966-426b-b0f2-012a7857b4b8-825617
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-44d0d266-6472-4378-a039-168dd23e8f4e
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
£400,000
award field
Tender value
£400,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
64100000
Post and courier services
Delivery
Not stated
NN8 2RF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

A call-off contract awarded under Crown Commercial Service framework for Postal Goods, Services and Solutions (RM6017), Lot 4 (Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels to International Destinations) for the collection and delivery of letters, large letters, packages and, parcels from the Open Universities Postroom and Warehouse to delivery addresses internationally. The contract was awarded using the direct award route allowed for in the framework, taking into account the criteria for direct award as stated in the frameworks guidance document.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release12 Feb 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published31 Jan 2023
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published22 Apr 2023
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published22 Apr 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 12 Feb 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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