# Post and Courier Services

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Sheffield City Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Sheffield City Council](/buyers/sheffield-city-council/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Royal Mail Group](/suppliers/royal-mail-group/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,700,000
- Tender value: £3,700,000
- Award date: 14 May 2025
- Published: 26 June 2025
- Contract start: 1 June 2025
- Contract end: 31 May 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 00236cd6-0a0a-4c3d-86a3-8bf5866b5916-851604
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e0dcf4e0-d57b-4d9c-a60b-4d83f13ff2b8

## Description

The Council would like to appoint a dedicated 3rd party to deal with post and courier services to achieve better value for money and allow for a more efficient and effective management of items\. This will be as a minimum the following services: • Collection, sorting, and delivery of mail communication to addresses across the UK and international destinations\. • Collection and delivery services for letters, large letters, pre-paid return mail, and parcels within the UK, Europe, Non - Europe destinations and Rest of the World destinations\. • A range of delivery options\. • A full track and trace solution for all mail items and parcels\. • A robust process in place for dealing with mail items which have not been delivered successfully\. • An on-demand courier service\. • Necessary equipment and consumables needed to use the service at no additional cost to the client\. • Security of all mail items collected from the client location during the collection and delivery process\. • Staff performing security checks on all mail items comply with the statutory provisions of the Aviation Security \(Air Cargo Agents\) Regulations of 1993 & 1998\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/00236cd6-0a0a-4c3d-86a3-8bf5866b5916-851604)