Contract

Bespoke mail service for Bowel Screening Wales

  • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-007806

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-048462 (view related notices)

Published 4 March 2025, 11:40am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Alder Court, Alder House

Denbighshire

LL17 0JL

Contact

Lewis Blackshaw

Email

lewis.blackshaw2@wales.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 2921500512

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Bespoke mail service for Bowel Screening Wales

Reference number

PHW-DCO-54977

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 64000000 - Postal and telecommunications services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

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.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £933,515

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 30199240 - Mailing kit

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL - Wales
Main site or place of performance

Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

For all communication regarding this notice, please contact Lewis Blackshaw at lewis.blackshaw2@wales.nhs.uk


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-023131


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

PHW-DCO-54977

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

23 July 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Royal Mail

PO Box 2064,

WREXHAM

LL128ZF

Telephone

+44 000000

Fax

+44 000000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKL - Wales
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £933,515


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

For any further information please contact Emma Burns - emma.burns@wales.nhs.uk

(WA Ref:148708)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom