Postal services

Tender description

The University of Southampton requires the services of a fulfilment house to deal with receiving, storage and mailing of its corporate publications. The key publications are the undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses and the subject brochures. The service may also be required for “ad hoc” mailings such as direct mail, including “thank you” and “good luck” postcards. This procurement was not suitable for splitting into lots. The risk of dividing the requirement into Lots would have rendered the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult, not cost effective and would undermine proper execution of the contract. The University of Southampton requires the services of a fulfilment house to deal with receiving, storage and mailing of its corporate publications. The key publications are the undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses and the subject brochures. The service may also be required for “ad hoc” mailings such as direct mail, including “thank you” and “good luck” postcards. Estimated value of the contract over a one year period is 100 000 GBP ex VAT the contract is designed to be an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The overall contract value is estimated over a 4 year period to be 400 000 GBP ex VAT.