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-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Local Health Board
- Supplier
- Pitney Bowes Limited
- Value
- £420,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Postal services related to letters (CPV 64112000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 051215-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jun 2025
- Published26 Aug 2025Published 62 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement Services contacted all suppliers listed under Lot 1 of the CCS Framework for Postal Services & Solutions (RM6280) to gauge interest in the opportunity. During this exercise, it was confirmed that only the original manufacturer of the existing equipment is legally permitted to provide services for the machine currently in use. As the department uses a Pitney Bowes SendPro2000 franking machine, it was therefore decided to proceed with a direct award to Pitney Bowes for continued support.
About the supplier
Pitney Bowes Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00182037).