Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
CPSProcurementAdvice@gov.wales
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL - Wales
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Mail for 2021-2026 Senedd Cymru Elections
Reference number
C303/2020/2021
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 64121100 - Mail delivery services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Welsh Government is responsible for paying the postage costs for candidates and registered political parties to send free one piece of election communication at a Senedd election.
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: £4,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 64121100 - Mail delivery services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL - Wales
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Welsh Government is responsible for paying the postage costs for candidates and registered political parties to send free one piece of election communication at a Senedd election.
Article 65 of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 provides that candidates have the right to send one piece of electoral communication free of charge. They may send either one piece of addressed communication to each elector or one unaddressed item of communication to a household.
The legislation puts certain restriction on the candidates and political parties’ electoral communications and it also stipulates that the service must be provided by a universal service provider.
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
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:
Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 applies.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
C303/2020/2021
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 April 2021
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: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Royal Mail
Kingsmead House, Oxpens Road
Oxford
OX11RX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £4,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:110264)
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