PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Provision of Downstream Access DSA Postal Services

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

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · published 20 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 ID83405137-0202-485c-b7ca-e7207c31a18c-918313
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-cf75cb34-62bc-40a8-8728-b49f3ef01952
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-320931
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
£10,000,000
award field
Tender value
£10,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
64110000
Postal services
Delivery
Not stated
LN2 5QY
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Provision of Downstream Access Postal Services to NHS trusts across Lincolnshire and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Additional information: Lot 1 Lincolnshire comprising United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ULTH Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust LCHS and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust LPFT Lot 2 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Both lots include the option for small packages and parcels collection and delivery at the discretion of each contracting authority. Lot 1 commenced 1 October 2026. Call-off signature date 20 September 2026. ULTH is the contracting authority on behalf of itself and LCHS under its LCHG group model. ULTH and LCHS estimated value over 4 years is £6m excluding VAT. LPFT may call-off services under Lot 1 directly as a contracting authority at a future date at its discretion subject to the execution of a separate call-off agreement. LPFT estimated value £1.3m over 4 years ex. VAT or part thereof. Lot 2 will commence 1 November 2026. Contract signature date 16 October 2026. Estimated value over 4 years is £2.7m ex. VAT. UHDB is the sole contracting authority under this lot. Contract values over 4 years at individual trust level and combined aggregate level may exceed the totals specified due to the pass through of Third Party ie Final Mile Delivery and other statutory led costs outside of the contracting authorities' control. Both lots will end 30 September 2028 but may be extended as options for 2 x 12 months at each contracting authority's discretion. Framework GCA RM6280 Lot 2 Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels within UK via Further Competition Both lots individually evaluated and awarded to DHL eCommerce Ltd

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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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.

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published28 Apr 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 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.

Published name only

DHL ECOMMERCE UK LIMITED

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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