Official UK procurement notice
Urgent bulk printing and mailing
Authority: UK Biobank Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUrgent bulk printing and mailing, where time is of the essence, to notify UK Biobank participants of ongoing work around an identified data incident, following the Ministerial announcement in the House of Commons on Thursday 23 April 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jun 2026, 09:52 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jul 2026, 13:40 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064721- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b8b0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Extreme and unavoidable urgency
Following the Ministerial announcement in the House of Commons on Thursday 23 April 2026 of a recent data incident, and due to internal and external stakeholders' requirements, UK Biobank needed to communicate further information with its 500,000 participants swiftly, within the shortest timeframe available. Of these participants, about 113,000 do not have e-mail addresses so correspondence has to be printed and posted. As participant data has to be shared to allow the correspondence to be printed and mailed, UK Biobank worked with 4 suppliers to identify which one could meet a mailing under such conditions, whilst maintaining the data security requirements.
New, existing and previous suppliers were approached. The supplier selected was chosen based on their ability to offer the shortest print/production timeframe whilst maintaining data security and offering competitive pricing.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published19 Jun 2026, 09:52 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published9 Jul 2026, 12:18 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published9 Jul 2026, 13:40 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAGON PETERBOROUGH LIMITEDUrgent participant printing and mailing9 Jul 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · up to 29 Jun 2027Extensions: If further urgent printing and mailing services are required (eg mop up mailing for participants whose e-mail correspondence was not delivered) | £185,713 | 22 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · PARAGON PETERBOROUGH LIMITED
- Signed
- 9 Jul 2026
- Value
- £185,713
- Period
- 9 Jul 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · up to 29 Jun 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- If further urgent printing and mailing services are required (eg mop up mailing for participants whose e-mail correspondence was not delivered)
No agreed KPIs: Contract is below £5m and is short term in nature set up with a clear output so KPIs are not required to measure performance
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PARAGON PETERBOROUGH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender