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
- Xerox (UK) Limited
- Value
- £745,888
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award via a Framework
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Sep 2025
- Published2 Oct 2025Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
The existing stock of Multi-Functional Devices enable self-serve printing for staff managing service requests and for residents to use free of charge from local Libraries across the borough. The existing fleet of printing devices have reached the end of their serviceable life and are now out of software support. There is now an urgent business requirement to replace MFD's across the Council's estate. Due to further digital transformation anticipated across Council functions and the need for greater financial efficiency it is prudent to review current print arrangements and seek to reduce the overall number of MFD's in operation, whilst maintaining a customer facing function in Libraries for residents. This aligns with the ambition to better align with the Document Solutions service as part of an overall Print Policy. This is a direct award via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) "Multifunctional Devices (MFDs), Print and Digital Workflow Software Services and Managed Print Software Pro…
About the supplier
Xerox (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00575914).