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Bespoke mail service for Bowel Screening Wales

Mailing kit
Postal and telecommunications services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership: "Bespoke mail service for Bowel Screening Wales". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Mar 2025, 11:40 GMT
Last source update4 Mar 2025, 11:40 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMailing kit, Postal and telecommunications services
Delivery area
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-048462
What is being bought
Bespoke mail service for Bowel Screening Wales NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Public Health Wales wish to inform the market that they intend to award an 18-month contract to Royal Mail to deliver a bespoke tracked 48 mail service to provide Bowel Screening Wales participants across Wales with a facility to return test kits to a Screening Laboratory in Wales.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    4 Mar 2025, 11:40 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    25 Jul 2024, 08:47 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    25 Jul 2024, 08:47 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    25 Jul 2024, 08:47 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Bowel Screening Wales sends invitations and bowel test kits through the post to screening and symptomatic participants. The Royal Mail service is compatible with Public Health Wales Bowel Screening current IT system. Royal Mail provide a clinically safe method to return bowel kits with the understanding that they contain human material. The completed bowel test kits can be posted in a Royal Mail post box making it accessible for participants. Royal Mail provide a consistent method for all participants to make this an equitable process for returning bowel screening test kits. Additional information: For all communication regarding this notice, please contact Lewis Blackshaw at lewis.blackshaw2@wales.nhs.uk
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Mar 2025, 11:40 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 23 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · £933,515
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Royal Mail
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£933,515 · signed 23 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Contracting authority GB-FTS-119419
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  • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Alder Court, Alder House, Denbighshire, UK, LL17 0JL
    +44 2921500512
  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501
  • Royal Mail
    supplier

    PO Box 2064,, WREXHAM, UKL, LL128ZF
    +44 000000
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleIt is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to