Postcomm consults on licence for Document Outsourcing Limited
4 February 2008
Postcomm today began a 30-day consultation on the proposed grant of a postal operator's licence to Document Outsourcing Limited.
Under the licensing framework that took effect from 1 January 2006, and was amended in January 2008, the licence would:
- allow Document Outsourcing Limited to provide all types of postal service;
- be issued for a rolling ten year period; and
- require the company to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) and common operational procedures (designed to ensure the multi-operator market works well in practice).
The consultation notice and proposed licence can be found on the Document Outsourcing Limited consultation page. Printed copies are available from Postcomm at Hercules House, 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB. The closing date for responses is 4 March 2008.
Notes for editors
Postcomm is minded to, subject to consultation, to grant a licence to Document Outsourcing Limited. We believe that the proposed licence will further the interests of postal users by promoting competition between postal operators, and that it will have no adverse effect on the provision of a universal postal service in the United Kingdom.
