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Courier Services DHL

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) · Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 13:16.

Opportunity overview

International, and some domestic, courier services to ensure student material reaches our students where Royal Mail and Yodel services are not appropriate. Also courier services for the wider OU where required.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£145k
Awarded
4 Oct 2026
Award ID
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 01184988

Classification

  • CPV64120000 — Courier services

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
OUPA11618
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category
services

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
64120000
Description
Courier services

Tender Period

Ends
4 Oct 2026, 00:00

Contract period

Starts
5 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
10 Jan 2028, 23:59

Suitability

Sme
No
Vcse
No

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Country Name
Isle of Man
Entry 3
Country Name
Guernsey
Entry 4
Country Name
Jersey
Entry 5
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Anguilla
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Country Name
Bermuda
Entry 7
Country Name
British Antarctic Territory
Entry 8
Country Name
British Indian Ocean Territory
Entry 9
Country Name
British Virgin Islands
Entry 10
Country Name
Cayman Islands
Entry 11
Country Name
Falkland Islands
Entry 12
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Gibraltar
Entry 13
Country Name
Montserrat
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Country Name
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
Entry 15
Country Name
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Entry 16
Country Name
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Entry 17
Country Name
Turks and Caicos Islands
Entry 18
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Albania
Entry 19
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Austria
Entry 20
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Belgium
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Bulgaria
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czechia
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Italy
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Latvia
Entry 36
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Montenegro
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Netherlands
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Turkey
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Afghanistan
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Algeria
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American Samoa
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Andorra
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Angola
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Antarctica
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Aruba
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Australia
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Azerbaijan
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Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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Belarus
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Belize
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Benin
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Bhutan
Entry 73
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Bolivia
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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Entry 75
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Botswana
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Bouvet Island
Entry 78
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Brazil
Entry 79
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Brunei
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Burkina Faso
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Burundi
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Cambodia
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Cameroon
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Canada
Entry 85
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Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Chad
Entry 88
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Chile
Entry 89
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China
Entry 90
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Christmas Island
Entry 91
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Clipperton
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Entry 93
Country Name
Colombia
Entry 94
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Comoros
Entry 95
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Congo
Entry 96
Country Name
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Cook Islands
Entry 98
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Costa Rica
Entry 99
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Cuba
Entry 100
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Curaçao
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Djibouti
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
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East Timor
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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El Salvador
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Equatorial Guinea
Entry 109
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Eritrea
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Eswatini
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Ethiopia
Entry 112
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Faroe Islands
Entry 113
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Fiji
Entry 114
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French Polynesia
Entry 115
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French Southern Territories
Entry 116
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Gabon
Entry 117
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Georgia
Entry 118
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Ghana
Entry 119
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Greenland
Entry 120
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Grenada
Entry 121
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Guam
Entry 122
Country Name
Guatemala
Entry 123
Country Name
Guinea
Entry 124
Country Name
Guinea-Bissau
Entry 125
Country Name
Guyana
Entry 126
Country Name
Haiti
Entry 127
Country Name
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Entry 128
Country Name
Honduras
Entry 129
Country Name
Hong Kong
Entry 130
Country Name
India
Entry 131
Country Name
Indonesia
Entry 132
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Iran
Entry 133
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Iraq
Entry 134
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Israel
Entry 135
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Ivory Coast
Entry 136
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Jamaica
Entry 137
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Japan
Entry 138
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Jordan
Entry 139
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Kazakhstan
Entry 140
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Kenya
Entry 141
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Kiribati
Entry 142
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Kosovo
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Kuwait
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Kyrgyzstan
Entry 145
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Laos
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Lebanon
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Lesotho
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Liberia
Entry 149
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Libya
Entry 150
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Macao
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Madagascar
Entry 152
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Malawi
Entry 153
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Malaysia
Entry 154
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Maldives
Entry 155
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Mali
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Marshall Islands
Entry 157
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Micronesia
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Moldova
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Monaco
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Mongolia
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Namibia
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Nauru
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Nepal
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New Caledonia
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Niue
Entry 176
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Norfolk Island
Entry 177
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North Korea
Entry 178
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Northern Mariana Islands
Entry 179
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Occupied Palestinian Territories
Entry 180
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Oman
Entry 181
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Pakistan
Entry 182
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Palau
Entry 183
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Panama
Entry 184
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Papua New Guinea
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Paraguay
Entry 186
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Peru
Entry 187
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Philippines
Entry 188
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Puerto Rico
Entry 189
Country Name
Qatar
Entry 190
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Russia
Entry 191
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Rwanda
Entry 192
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Saint Barthélemy
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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Entry 194
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Samoa
Entry 195
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San Marino
Entry 196
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Sao Tome and Principe
Entry 197
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Saudi Arabia
Entry 198
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Senegal
Entry 199
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Seychelles
Entry 200
Country Name
Sierra Leone
Entry 201
Country Name
Singapore
Entry 202
Country Name
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Entry 203
Country Name
Solomon Islands
Entry 204
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Somalia
Entry 205
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South Africa
Entry 206
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South Korea
Entry 207
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South Sudan
Entry 208
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Sri Lanka
Entry 209
Country Name
St Kitts and Nevis
Entry 210
Country Name
St Lucia
Entry 211
Country Name
St Vincent
Entry 212
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Sudan
Entry 213
Country Name
Suriname
Entry 214
Country Name
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Entry 215
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Syria
Entry 216
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Taiwan
Entry 217
Country Name
Tajikistan
Entry 218
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Tanzania
Entry 219
Country Name
Thailand
Entry 220
Country Name
The Bahamas
Entry 221
Country Name
The Gambia
Entry 222
Country Name
Togo
Entry 223
Country Name
Tokelau
Entry 224
Country Name
Tonga
Entry 225
Country Name
Trinidad and Tobago
Entry 226
Country Name
Tunisia
Entry 227
Country Name
Turkmenistan
Entry 228
Country Name
Tuvalu
Entry 229
Country Name
Uganda
Entry 230
Country Name
Ukraine
Entry 231
Country Name
United Arab Emirates
Entry 232
Country Name
United States
Entry 233
Country Name
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Entry 234
Country Name
United States Virgin Islands
Entry 235
Country Name
Uruguay
Entry 236
Country Name
Uzbekistan
Entry 237
Country Name
Vanuatu
Entry 238
Country Name
Vatican City
Entry 239
Country Name
Venezuela
Entry 240
Country Name
Vietnam
Entry 241
Country Name
Wallis and Futuna
Entry 242
Country Name
Western Sahara
Entry 243
Country Name
Yemen
Entry 244
Country Name
Zambia
Entry 245
Country Name
Zimbabwe

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D
Name
OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Identifier

Legal Name
OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
Scheme
GB-SRS
Id
sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D

Address

Street Address
Walton Hall
Locality
Milton Keynes
Postal Code
MK7 6AA
Country Name
England

Contact

Name
Procurement Team

Roles

buyer
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-01184988
Name
DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

Identifier

Legal Name
DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01184988

Address

Street Address
Unit 1, Horton Road, Colnbrook SLOUGH Berkshire SL3 0BB GB

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1
Id
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1-1
Status
active
Date
5 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published
13 Oct 2026, 12:05

Value

Amount
145,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01184988
Name
DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

Contract period

Starts
5 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
10 Jan 2028, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1
Id
1
Document Type
awardNotice
Description
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Published
13 Oct 2026, 12:05
Format
text/html
Language
en

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Milton Keynes · MK7 6AA · England
  • Delivery location · Afghanistan
  • Delivery location · Albania
  • Delivery location · Algeria
  • Delivery location · American Samoa
  • Delivery location · Andorra
  • Delivery location · Angola
  • Delivery location · Anguilla
  • Delivery location · Antarctica
  • Delivery location · Antigua and Barbuda
  • Delivery location · Argentina
  • Delivery location · Armenia
  • Delivery location · Aruba
  • Delivery location · Australia
  • Delivery location · Austria
  • Delivery location · Azerbaijan
  • Delivery location · Bahrain
  • Delivery location · Bangladesh
  • Delivery location · Barbados
  • Delivery location · Belarus
  • Delivery location · Belgium
  • Delivery location · Belize
  • Delivery location · Benin
  • Delivery location · Bermuda
  • Delivery location · Bhutan
  • Delivery location · Bolivia
  • Delivery location · Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  • Delivery location · Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Delivery location · Botswana
  • Delivery location · Bouvet Island
  • Delivery location · Brazil
  • Delivery location · British Antarctic Territory
  • Delivery location · British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Delivery location · British Virgin Islands
  • Delivery location · Brunei
  • Delivery location · Bulgaria
  • Delivery location · Burkina Faso
  • Delivery location · Burundi
  • Delivery location · Cambodia
  • Delivery location · Cameroon
  • Delivery location · Canada
  • Delivery location · Cape Verde
  • Delivery location · Cayman Islands
  • Delivery location · Central African Republic
  • Delivery location · Chad
  • Delivery location · Chile
  • Delivery location · China
  • Delivery location · Christmas Island
  • Delivery location · Clipperton
  • Delivery location · Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Delivery location · Colombia
  • Delivery location · Comoros
  • Delivery location · Congo
  • Delivery location · Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Delivery location · Cook Islands
  • Delivery location · Costa Rica
  • Delivery location · Croatia
  • Delivery location · Cuba
  • Delivery location · Curaçao
  • Delivery location · Cyprus
  • Delivery location · Czechia
  • Delivery location · Denmark
  • Delivery location · Djibouti
  • Delivery location · Dominica
  • Delivery location · Dominican Republic
  • Delivery location · East Timor
  • Delivery location · Ecuador
  • Delivery location · Egypt
  • Delivery location · El Salvador
  • Delivery location · Equatorial Guinea
  • Delivery location · Eritrea
  • Delivery location · Estonia
  • Delivery location · Eswatini
  • Delivery location · Ethiopia
  • Delivery location · Falkland Islands
  • Delivery location · Faroe Islands
  • Delivery location · Fiji
  • Delivery location · Finland
  • Delivery location · France
  • Delivery location · French Polynesia
  • Delivery location · French Southern Territories
  • Delivery location · Gabon
  • Delivery location · Georgia
  • Delivery location · Germany
  • Delivery location · Ghana
  • Delivery location · Gibraltar
  • Delivery location · Greece
  • Delivery location · Greenland
  • Delivery location · Grenada
  • Delivery location · Guam
  • Delivery location · Guatemala
  • Delivery location · Guernsey
  • Delivery location · Guinea
  • Delivery location · Guinea-Bissau
  • Delivery location · Guyana
  • Delivery location · Haiti
  • Delivery location · Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Delivery location · Honduras
  • Delivery location · Hong Kong
  • Delivery location · Hungary
  • Delivery location · Iceland
  • Delivery location · India
  • Delivery location · Indonesia
  • Delivery location · Iran
  • Delivery location · Iraq
  • Delivery location · Ireland
  • Delivery location · Isle of Man
  • Delivery location · Israel
  • Delivery location · Italy
  • Delivery location · Ivory Coast
  • Delivery location · Jamaica
  • Delivery location · Japan
  • Delivery location · Jersey
  • Delivery location · Jordan
  • Delivery location · Kazakhstan
  • Delivery location · Kenya
  • Delivery location · Kiribati
  • Delivery location · Kosovo
  • Delivery location · Kuwait
  • Delivery location · Kyrgyzstan
  • Delivery location · Laos
  • Delivery location · Latvia
  • Delivery location · Lebanon
  • Delivery location · Lesotho
  • Delivery location · Liberia
  • Delivery location · Libya
  • Delivery location · Liechtenstein
  • Delivery location · Lithuania
  • Delivery location · Luxembourg
  • Delivery location · Macao
  • Delivery location · Madagascar
  • Delivery location · Malawi
  • Delivery location · Malaysia
  • Delivery location · Maldives
  • Delivery location · Mali
  • Delivery location · Malta
  • Delivery location · Marshall Islands
  • Delivery location · Mauritania
  • Delivery location · Mauritius
  • Delivery location · Mexico
  • Delivery location · Micronesia
  • Delivery location · Moldova
  • Delivery location · Monaco
  • Delivery location · Mongolia
  • Delivery location · Montenegro
  • Delivery location · Montserrat
  • Delivery location · Morocco
  • Delivery location · Mozambique
  • Delivery location · Myanmar (Burma)
  • Delivery location · Namibia
  • Delivery location · Nauru
  • Delivery location · Nepal
  • Delivery location · Netherlands
  • Delivery location · New Caledonia
  • Delivery location · New Zealand
  • Delivery location · Nicaragua
  • Delivery location · Niger
  • Delivery location · Nigeria
  • Delivery location · Niue
  • Delivery location · Norfolk Island
  • Delivery location · North Korea
  • Delivery location · North Macedonia
  • Delivery location · Northern Mariana Islands
  • Delivery location · Norway
  • Delivery location · Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Delivery location · Oman
  • Delivery location · Pakistan
  • Delivery location · Palau
  • Delivery location · Panama
  • Delivery location · Papua New Guinea
  • Delivery location · Paraguay
  • Delivery location · Peru
  • Delivery location · Philippines
  • Delivery location · Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
  • Delivery location · Poland
  • Delivery location · Portugal
  • Delivery location · Puerto Rico
  • Delivery location · Qatar
  • Delivery location · Romania
  • Delivery location · Russia
  • Delivery location · Rwanda
  • Delivery location · Saint Barthélemy
  • Delivery location · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Delivery location · Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Delivery location · Samoa
  • Delivery location · San Marino
  • Delivery location · Sao Tome and Principe
  • Delivery location · Saudi Arabia
  • Delivery location · Senegal
  • Delivery location · Serbia
  • Delivery location · Seychelles
  • Delivery location · Sierra Leone
  • Delivery location · Singapore
  • Delivery location · Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Delivery location · Slovakia
  • Delivery location · Slovenia
  • Delivery location · Solomon Islands
  • Delivery location · Somalia
  • Delivery location · South Africa
  • Delivery location · South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • Delivery location · South Korea
  • Delivery location · South Sudan
  • Delivery location · Spain
  • Delivery location · Sri Lanka
  • Delivery location · St Kitts and Nevis
  • Delivery location · St Lucia
  • Delivery location · St Vincent
  • Delivery location · Sudan
  • Delivery location · Suriname
  • Delivery location · Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Delivery location · Sweden
  • Delivery location · Switzerland
  • Delivery location · Syria
  • Delivery location · Taiwan
  • Delivery location · Tajikistan
  • Delivery location · Tanzania
  • Delivery location · Thailand
  • Delivery location · The Bahamas
  • Delivery location · The Gambia
  • Delivery location · Togo
  • Delivery location · Tokelau
  • Delivery location · Tonga
  • Delivery location · Trinidad and Tobago
  • Delivery location · Tunisia
  • Delivery location · Turkey
  • Delivery location · Turkmenistan
  • Delivery location · Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Delivery location · Tuvalu
  • Delivery location · Uganda
  • Delivery location · Ukraine
  • Delivery location · United Arab Emirates
  • Delivery location · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · United States
  • Delivery location · United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Delivery location · United States Virgin Islands
  • Delivery location · Uruguay
  • Delivery location · Uzbekistan
  • Delivery location · Vanuatu
  • Delivery location · Vatican City
  • Delivery location · Venezuela
  • Delivery location · Vietnam
  • Delivery location · Wallis and Futuna
  • Delivery location · Western Sahara
  • Delivery location · Yemen
  • Delivery location · Zambia
  • Delivery location · Zimbabwe

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 34b069be-3132-4eb7-b12f-871340019dcc-917553Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ·

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

The Open University awarded DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED a £145,000 courier-services call-off. The published notice describes international and some domestic deliveries of student material, plus wider University courier requirements where Royal Mail and Yodel are unsuitable.

Published outcome signals

  • Published notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Process notice type and award document both state “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
  • Award statusActive awardEvidence: The sole award is recorded with status “active”.
  • Contract signatureNot explicitly statedEvidence: The supplied record contains an award notice and award status, but no explicit signature or execution field.
96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source
Contracts Finder
Notice reference
34b069be-3132-4eb7-b12f-871340019dcc-917553
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-9b75f168-26fe-41d2-8700-3148a36285c1
First published
13 Oct 2026
Last checked
13 Oct 2026, 13:16
Notice versions reviewed
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Analysis status
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Analysed
13 Oct 2026
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