Purpose

Approval of a 2-year extension option to the
council’s element of an existing pan-London postage discount
scheme, which provides the council with savings on its postage
costs

Decision

Summary of
Decision
 
The Cabinet Member for Finance and Council
Reform has approved:

·      
The continued inclusion of Council in the Royal Mail’s
pan-London postal scheme by taking up the existing contractual
option to extend by 2 years (14 September 2024 – 13 September
2026).

·      
The increased estimated contract spend over the full five-year term
of the contract.
 
Reasons for
Decision
 
This will allow the Council to take up an
existing contractual option to extend its inclusion within a
pan-London Postage discount contract / scheme for two years (14
September 2024 – 13 September 2026). The extension will allow
the Council to continue to receive a discount (circa 10%) on its
appropriately sorted mailings.