Provision of Mobile handsets & associated services

Tender description

An Post, established in 1984, operates the National Postal Service, along with an array of money transmission, savings and retail services throughout Ireland. In addition, An Post provides agency services for Government Departments and other bodies. As a national service provider, An Post services over 1.6 million delivery addresses daily and in excess of 1.7 million customers each week through 1,135 retail Post Office outlets nationwide. An Post has an annual turnover in excess of €800 Million. The An Post group includes a number of subsidiaries and associated companies including One Direct, Postpoint, An Post Billpost Processing Services Limited, Post Consult International Limited, PrintPost Limited, and The Prize Bond Company Limited and GPO IEC Ltd. An Post is seeking to enter into a Single Party Framework Agreement with one provider for a period of three (3) years with an option to extend for a further two (2) to meet its requirements for the sourcing and fulfilment of mobile handsets and associated services Postmobile is a MVNO operated by An Post, our network services are provided by Vodafone. Postmobile currently offer pre-pay mobile services to customers through 250 Post Offices nationwide and our web site/web shop www.postmobile.ie . Supply chain services will be to these participating Postmobile Post Offices and on-line sales fulfilment. We offer competitive mobile rates and bundles to customers wishing to avail of value for money mobile services, frequently these offers are promoted along with a suitable handset to maximise sales. Postmobile has a current customer base of 20k Customers and growing. We have a current range of approx 10 phones, dealing with all the manufacturers including (but not limited to) e.g. Sony, Samsung, Hauwei, Alcatel, Doro etc. Estimated monthly despatch quantities 2,500 – 3,000 phones, however this does not include additional uplifts at peak periods (e.g. lead up to Christmas) and the introduction of ne