Contract award · 25 Jul 2023

Government Support Services - Face to Face Identity Verification

Post Office awarded “Government Support Services - Face to Face Identity Verification” to Yoti Limited for £32m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionPublic administration & defence servicesLondon

BuyerPost Office
Value £32m
WinnerYoti Limited

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
Post Office · Body governed by public law
Supplier
Yoti Limited
Value
£32,000,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Public administration & defence services · Government services (CPV 75131000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date25 Jul 2023
  2. Published8 Aug 2023Published 14 days after the contract date

Description

In-branch face to face and verification services to allow customers who cannot get verified via other online channels to successfully verify themselves using an offline face-to-face channel in Post Office branches.

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