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
- Home Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- G3 Worldwide Mail (UK) Limited
- Value
- £361,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Courier services (CPV 64120000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 022273-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Apr 2025
- Published16 May 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The Contracting Authority (the Secretary of State for the Home Department) has completed a Direct Award Procedure under Lot 3 of the RM6280 Framework compliant with Public Contract Regulations 2015, and is awarding a contract for the provision of international untracked mail service for General Register Office. A three year contract term commenced on 28th April 2025, and will conclude on 27th April 2028. The Contracting Authority has the option to extend the contract by two further 12-month periods, at its discretion. The contract value quoted relates to the maximum possible contract term of 5 years. Additional information: As per the RM6280 Schedule 7 (Call-Off Award Procedure) Annex A: Direct award criteria the tender has been evaluated on the basis of price (based on the provided Framework Prices). No further areas were scored as part of the direct award assessment.
About the supplier
G3 Worldwide Mail (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00545421).