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Robotic Process Automation and ServiceNow Resourcing Framework Agreement

Post Office Limited · Central government

In brief

Post Office Limited has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £32,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 7 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £32,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

Lot 1 - Robotic Process Automation Resourcing The future supplier will be expected to provide an accredited Blue Prism Developer and a Business operational support function to support the design, development, administration, management and implementation of automation workflows and IT service enhancements within Post Office, ensuring efficient operations and scalability. It also involves maintaining and managing POL's estate of automations, ensuring they operate seamlessly while following industry-standard development life cycle management and administration management practices. This includes providing augmented resource to support the POL Robotics team as well as operational support covering: • Database maintenance including archiving • Service account management • Monitoring and alerts • Incident management • Patch management • Application support • Windows Infrastructure support Lot 2 - ServiceNow Resourcing Improve the quality, cost and agility when sourcing technical resource for the ServiceNow platforms. Establish a panel of suppliers with contracts, costs and KPIs pre agreed to enable business resourcing needs to be fulfilled at pace. This requirement covers a number of overall scenarios - Post Office Platform Team BAU Resource Augmentation - longer term needs - Post Office Project Team Resource Augmentation - Outcome based delivery

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 049189-2026
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 049464-2026

About the buyer

Post Office LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

253

Awards

46

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

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  4. Sustainability and Climate Data Services

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    £2.8mestimated
  5. TWBC - Payment Kiosk

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    Closing soon41 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated

From notice 049189-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 May 2026, last updated 27 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.