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
- Wigan Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Mail Metrics
- Value
- £656,753.16
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Postal and telecommunications services (CPV 64000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Dec 2025
- Published24 Feb 2026Published 55 days after the contract date
Description
Wigan Council requires a specialist provider with the capacity to handle a large scale mailing within exceptionally short production timescales.
About the supplier
Mail Metrics: every public contract they have won.