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Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,871 notices of the last two years. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.

This buyer usually gives 14 days (median of its last 56 calls for tender). It extended none of the 36 deadlines we followed from publication.

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Description

Post Office Ltd is looking for a successful retailer to incorporate a Post Office Local into their existing or proposed business. The offer available in this Post Office would be: Post Office Local - integrating Post Office services into a vibrant and sustainable retail business, so they can be offered over the same opening hours. The exact layout and design will be agreed with you to suit your business. Estimated Post Office fees: In the current location in the range of £8,000 - £14,000 per annum. Further information can be found at https://runapostoffice.co.uk/branch/summerhill-ave-post-office-belfast-bt5-7hd?search_term=belfast-county-antrim

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Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 63 awards for Postal & telecommunications services in United Kingdom.

Median award: €298,115
Middle half of past awards: €78,300 to €767,735

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Post Office Limited

United Kingdom

notices in the register: 96
awards: 28

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers

different companies won its awards: 19
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners: 24%
of its calls state an estimated value: 2%

Based on 21 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Postal & telecommunications services - United Kingdom

Company	Wins	Total awarded	Last win
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED	9	€6.4M	Oct 2026
Vodafone Limited	7	€2.1M	Oct 2026
Royal Mail	6	€3.6M	Jul 2026
TRUSTMARQUE SOLUTIONS LIMITED	5	€1.0M	Aug 2026
VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED	3	€3.4M	Sep 2026

Based on 78 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

28 open tenders right now

Post Office Branch - Horwich End 16 Oct 2026 1 day left
Post Office Branch - Chilham 20 Oct 2026 5 days left
Post Office Branch - Sherwood 20 Oct 2026 5 days left

Market context

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Postal & telecommunications services: 704
median open notice: €684,080

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Postal & telecommunications services

different companies won awards here: 41
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners: 28%
buyers awarded contracts here: 66

Based on 78 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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