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<p /> <p>Post Office Ltd, with its network of over 11,500 branches, is well placed
to become a provider of front office services for Government, helping citizens interact
with Government either face-to-face or online.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>While public
services must be competitively tendered, Post Office Ltd has shown that it can very
effectively bid for and win new work. It has won every Government contract it has
bid for the past three years in highly competitive tendering processes.</p><p /> <p>
</p><p /> <p>In particular, in 2012 it successfully bid for the competitively-tendered
DVLA framework contract for Front Office Counter Services (FOCS). This contract runs
to 2020 and is available to other Government departments. For example HM Passport
Office recently moved its services with Post Office Ltd onto FOCS and this Department
and the Cabinet Office are in close contact about a range of other opportunities.</p><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Furthermore, Post Office Ltd was recently one of
the successful bidders for the Cabinet Office's online identity assurance contract,
ensuring that Post Office Ltd can play a role in the delivery of modern, online Government
services.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Whilst I continue to highlight to my colleagues
the opportunities available to Government from using the Post Office network and contracts
such as these, individual contracts are a matter for the services in question and
their respective public bodies and departments. I have not had recent discussions
specifically with the Welsh Government.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p>
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