Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Royal Mail
- Value
- £933,515
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Mailing kit (CPV 30199240)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 007806-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jul 2024
- Published4 Mar 2025Published 224 days after the contract date
Description
Bowel Screening Wales sends invitations and bowel test kits through the post to screening and symptomatic participants. The Royal Mail service is compatible with Public Health Wales Bowel Screening current IT system. Royal Mail provide a clinically safe method to return bowel kits with the understanding that they contain human material. The completed bowel test kits can be posted in a Royal Mail post box making it accessible for participants. Royal Mail provide a consistent method for all participants to make this an equitable process for returning bowel screening test kits. Additional information: For all communication regarding this notice, please contact Lewis Blackshaw at lewis.blackshaw2@wales.nhs.uk
About the supplier
Royal Mail: every public contract they have won.