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
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Latcham Direct SME
- Value
- £6,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 103678-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Oct 2026
- Published2 Nov 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Public Health Wales (PHW) Screening Division outsources mailing requirements for patient screening programmes. Screening Division is part of Public Health Wales NHS Trust and is the organisation responsible for the management and delivery of the Welsh population based screening programmes. These programmes are: Antenatal Screening Wales Bowel Screening Wales Breast Test Wales Cervical Screening Wales Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales Newborn Hearing Screening Wales Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme Diabetic Eye Screening Wales Lung Cancer Screening The screening division have been successfully outsourcing screening invitations, test kits and results letters for a number of years and are required to procure a new contract for the continued provision of these services. Additional information: procured via Government Commercial Agency framework RM6280
About the supplier
Latcham Direct: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06695717).