TNT Post has become the preferred postal provider for councils in the North West

TNT Post’s North team has been appointed as the preferred postal provider by the North West Centre of Excellence, the regional, procurement efficiency and improvement partner to councils in the North West.

The contract is worth up to GBP 3.5 million and will save taxpayers an anticipated GBP 1 million. This appointment covers 17 councils in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside and could see TNT Post handling over 18 million items of mail each year. The contract award is a result of a successful competitive tender process, which included the submission of successful case histories from other public sector organisations in and around the region.

The councils, during the one year contract, will have access to TNT Post’s ‘PremierSort Flex’ and ‘AllSort’ services, which offer valuable benefits such as:

The ability to handle 100 per cent of mail, including unsorted and non machine readable
– Value for money
– Flexible pick up times
– Collaborative approach to doing business
– Locally skilled account management teams with a local focus
– Fast and reliable day definite service
– Innovative solutions to enable on-going cost reductions
– Projected GBP 1million savings in the first year of the contract

TNT Post’s team in the North has to date secured a number of significant customer wins during the first 18 months of trading and now has more than 500 customers in the area, including Liverpool FC, National Union of Teachers and a number of regional public sector bodies including Leeds University, Stockport College, Sheffield City Council and Congleton Council.