Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract details notice

Published 15 May 2025, 11:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bowel Screening & A2H purchase licences and postage for Tracked 48 Mail service

Official notice

Authority: Business Services Organisation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£1,910,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Royal Mail

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Business Services Organisation has a requirement to purchase two mailing licences and to pay postage for a Business response tack and trace 48 hour type service. These are in respect of the implementation of Bowel Cancer screening Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) & and Business response licence for Access to Health verification of entitlement to access publicly funded health care.

Patients must be able to return completed test kits and documents via a post box to ensure the service is convenient to access.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Northern Ireland

79571000 Mailing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 15 May 2025, 11:07 BST
Last source update: 16 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021632
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051414 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Royal mail have exclusive rights of 48 hour postage using NI post boxes

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

27 May 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published304 days ago
16 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025

Transparency notice published
15 May 2025, 11:07 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
15 May 2025, 11:24 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
16 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,910,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 11 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Royal Mail19 Jun 2025 – 19 Jun 2030	£1,910,000	15 May 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Royal Mail
Signed
11 Jul 2025
Value
£1,910,000
Period
11 Jul 2025 – 11 Jul 2030
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Not all test kits sent out are returned. For this reason it would be impossible to track each test kit sent

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PCQH-8657-NGMT 2 Franklin Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Royal Mail Group LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PVWM-5262-XZGX 185 Farringdon Road, London, London, EC1A 1AAContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender16 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender15 May 2025, 11:24 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender15 May 2025, 11:07 BST