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
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Whistl UK Ltd
- Value
- £424,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Post and courier services (CPV 64100000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 018697-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 May 2025
- Published2 May 2025Published the same day
Description
DSA potage model - provider services to remove postage from Trust site and to be franked off site. <br/><br/>Services to include:-<br/><br/>Business Mail Mailmark Advanced<br/>First Class (Letter)<br/>Second Class (Large Letter)<br/>Second Class (Letter)<br/>Second Class (Medium Parcel)<br/>Second Class (Small Parcel)
About the supplier
Whistl UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04417047).