Service market

Hybrid mail contracts

UK public sector · 87 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
87
Last 12 months
Median contract
£530k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£484m
80 of 86 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
72
Suppliers
46

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most hybrid mail contracts took 47% of them (41 of 87).
  • The median contract, £530k, is 4.8 times the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 15, or 17% of the total.

Who buys hybrid mail

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS England5 contracts
  2. 2Kent County Council3 contracts
  3. 3University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  4. 4Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council2 contracts
  5. 5Southampton City Council2 contracts
  6. 6DERBY CITY COUNCIL2 contracts
  7. 7Progress Housing Group2 contracts
  8. 8South Yorkshire Pensions Authority2 contracts
  9. 9Westmorland and Furness Council2 contracts
  10. 10Hampshire County Council2 contracts

Top hybrid mail contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1PSL Print Management Ltd12 contracts
  2. 2CFH Docmail9 contracts
  3. 3Synertec Limited8 contracts
  4. 4Datagraphic7 contracts
  5. 5Xerox (UK) Limited5 contracts
  6. 6DSI Billing4 contracts
  7. 7Integrity Print4 contracts
  8. 8Permiserve Ltd4 contracts
  9. 9Mail Metrics3 contracts
  10. 10Capita3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*17Q1 202625Q2 202623Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 78 · Scotland 6 · Wales 3

South East15East Midlands10North West8West Midlands8North East7East of England7Scotland6London4South West3Wales3Yorkshire and The Humber2UK-wide or not stated14

What is included

Outgoing letters are sent digitally to a provider or platform that prints, envelopes and posts them, cutting print and postage cost. Includes outsourced print, mail and dispatch bureaux and outbound digital post room software.

  • Hybrid mail services
  • Print and postage for revenues and benefits
  • Outsourced print, mail and dispatch
  • Digital post and outbound mailroom automation platforms

What is not included

  • Office printers and MFD fleets -> it.hw.printers-and-mfds
  • Inbound mail scanning -> it.ent.records-scanning-storage
  • Letter composition software bought on its own -> it.ent.document-composition-output
  • Patient letters sent through an NHS patient communications platform -> it.lob.patient-communications-and-engagement
  • SMS and notification messaging -> it.tel.sms-messaging
  • Postal delivery alone -> not IT (postal services)

Often bought by the same buyers