Royal Mail awarded significant contract in London

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Royal Mail has been awarded a major contract to collect and deliver mail for councils across London
The two-year contract will see Royal Mail provide services to 14 councils across the capital
This is a collaborative contract, the first of its kind for Royal Mail and the councils, where mail services have been purchased centrally in order to gain efficiencies

Royal Mail has been awarded a significant contract to collect and deliver mail for a number of councils across London.

Royal Mail will provide services to 14 London councils. These councils are; Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hackney, Havering, Haringey, Hounslow, Islington, Newham, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets.

Royal Mail was awarded the two-year contract after a competitive tendering process in which the participating London boroughs purchased together from a Government Procurement Services contract. As part of the contract, Royal Mail will collect and deliver important council documents, such as council tax letters and polling cards.

In addition to collecting and delivering bulk mail, Royal Mail will also deliver a ‘Hybrid’ service, to those boroughs that wish to take it up. This will allow the councils to save money by centrally printing and then posting bespoke letters and documents to individual residents.

Rachel Winham, Head of Elections and Local Government for Royal Mail, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this significant contract.

“This contract is great news for Royal Mail, and for our employees. We look forward to working closely with the councils over the course of the contract and providing them with an excellent service.”

Terry Brewer, Divisional Director Commercial, Contracts and Procurement from London Borough of Harrow and Chair of the London Postal Services Board, said: “The participating London boroughs are delighted with the results of the tender process which has seen Royal Mail being awarded the contract. We look forward to working with Royal Mail to continue to provide a quality service and achieve further savings and efficiencies.”



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Note to editors:

This is a new contract for Royal Mail. Although Royal Mail has delivered services to these councils individually before, this is a new cost effective collaborative contract, purchased by multiple councils.

About Royal Mail plc

Royal Mail plc is the parent company of Royal Mail Group Limited, the leading provider of postal and delivery services in the UK and the UK’s designated universal postal service provider. UK Parcels, International and Letters (“UKPIL”) comprises the company’s UK and international parcels and letters delivery businesses operating under the “Royal Mail” and “Parcelforce Worldwide” brands. Through the Royal Mail Core Network, the company delivers a one-price-goes-anywhere service on a range of parcels and letters products. Royal Mail has the capability to deliver to more than 29 million addresses in the UK, six days a week (excluding UK public holidays). Parcelforce Worldwide operates a separate UK network which collects and delivers express parcels. Royal Mail also owns General Logistics Systems (GLS) which operates one of the largest ground-based, deferred parcel delivery networks in Europe.
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