AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Post Office awarded QUININE DESIGN LIMITED a £120,000 excluding-VAT contract for strategic design consultancy supporting its Format of the Future (2030) programme.
Published outcomeOne active award was published following a competitive call-off from Post Office’s Branch Assessment and Design & Shop-fit and Signage Framework.
Market significanceThe work concerns strategy, customer journeys and branch-format concepts for a programme intended to modernise and refresh approximately 9,500 Post Office branches by 2030; the published contract is a short, defined consultancy engagement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
QUININE DESIGN LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-4f4d83a2-b04c-4ae4-acaa-6307d9d9e4b6-1 · 120000 GBP · verified supplier; active award
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The award names supplier "QUININE DESIGN LTD" and has value £120,000. Supplier verification identifies company number 06169444 as QUININE DESIGN LIMITED using a company-number match.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; award status active
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Process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", and the award record status is "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence22 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period
98% confidence22 September 2026 to 31 December 2026
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Tender and award contractPeriod state startDate 2026-09-22 and endDate 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z.
Notice publication date
99% confidence13 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-13T12:31:02+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£120,000 excluding VAT
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Tender value and award value are GBP 120,000; the notice description states values are excluding VAT.
Value allocation
98% confidenceThe full published award value is associated with the single published supplier and award.
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One award is published, with QUININE DESIGN LIMITED as its sole supplier and an award value of £120,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Framework commencement
93% confidence1 July 2024
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The notice description states the Post Office framework commenced on 1 July 2024.
Tender deadline
98% confidence21 August 2026 at 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-21T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence22 September 2026
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Award record date: 2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00.
Planned end date
98% confidence31 December 2026
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Published contractPeriod endDate: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceSpecialist strategic design consultancy to define the long-term role and purpose of the Post Office network and develop future branch concepts.
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Published procurement description.
Expected outputs
99% confidenceFuture network strategy; customer propositions and journeys; branch-format concepts; future service opportunities; design-intent documentation; and a future-success measurement framework.
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Published procurement description lists these outputs.
Programme context
96% confidencePost Office states it is undertaking a programme to modernise and refresh approximately 9,500 branches by 2030.
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Published procurement description.
Category
99% confidenceServices — CPV 79933000, Design support services
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Tender classification is CPV 79933000, "Design support services"; main procurement category is services.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address countryName is United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective procedure; competitive call-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethod is "selective" and procurementMethodDetails is "Call-off from a framework agreement". The description calls this a "Competitive Call Off".
Framework
96% confidencePost Office Branch Assessment and Design & Shop-fit and Signage Framework
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Published procurement description.
Competition detail
99% confidenceBidder count, invited suppliers, evaluation methodology and scoring are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published period
98% confidence22 September 2026 to 31 December 2026
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Tender and award contractPeriod fields.
Extension or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability
95% confidenceNot marked suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial positioning
91% confidenceThe award is for strategic design and service-concept development rather than published branch delivery, construction or shopfitting works.
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The stated outputs concern strategy, journeys, concepts, design intent and measurement; no delivery works are described in the award scope.
Market route
90% confidenceSuppliers seeking comparable work would need relevance to Post Office’s named design and shop-fit framework route; framework membership and future call-off opportunities are not confirmed by this notice.
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The award was a competitive call-off from the named Post Office framework. The notice does not provide framework supplier lists or future pipeline details.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and supplier linkage
98% confidenceHigh-quality linkage: one active award, one supplier and one published award value.
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The award record identifies one supplier and a £120,000 value.
Supplier-name presentation
99% confidenceThe source uses QUININE DESIGN LTD; supplier verification provides QUININE DESIGN LIMITED as the verified legal name via company number 06169444.
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Source party/award supplier name and supplierVerification fields.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidders, scores, pricing breakdown, evaluation rationale, extension terms and detailed contract conditions.
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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published notice does not state the number or identity of competing bidders, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown or savings.
- No lot structure or individual lot allocation is published.
- No extension, renewal, modification or detailed contractual terms are supplied.
- The published award record supports an active award and stated contract period, but does not explicitly evidence contract signature.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Post OfficeQUININE DESIGN LIMITEDQuinine DesignFormat of the Future 2030design support servicesstrategic design consultancyframework call-off
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Post Office Format of the Future contract?
QUININE DESIGN LIMITED, verified under company number 06169444. The source notice names the supplier as QUININE DESIGN LTD.
What is the value of the award?
£120,000 excluding VAT.
What work does the contract cover?
Strategic design consultancy covering future network strategy, customer propositions and journeys, branch concepts, service opportunities, design intent and a success-measurement framework.
How was the supplier selected?
The notice describes a competitive call-off from Post Office’s Branch Assessment and Design & Shop-fit and Signage Framework.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.