Franking Machines & Associated Services

Concepts

• cardiff
• letters
• vale university health board
• nhs wales shared service partnership
• lease and associated services of franking
• postal services
• service partnership
• franking machines & associated services
• services of franking machines
• machines

Location

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan:

Description

NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership on behalf Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to inform the market they wish to award a contract for the Lease and Associated Services of Franking machines for a eight month period commencing 1st August 2021 to 31st March 2022..

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership on behalf Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to inform the market they wish to award a contract for the Lease and Associated Services of Franking machines for a eight month period. The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board were not in a position to spend the time originally planned to re-tender this requirement due to the unexpected COVID-19 Pandemic and priorities within the Clinical Board having to change to respond appropriately to the situation. The CVUHB IM&T department are currently drafting a generic specification with the view of the HB implementing and migrating to a digital system 1st April 2022.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 64112000 - Postal services related to letters

Legal Justification

The NHS Wales Shared Services Procurement department on behalf of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has significant expenditure for the lease of their two franking machines for the provision of posting services across the health board.Engaging with the market, it is determined that whilst there are some third party suppliers who could potentially provide this service, the Clinical Board currently has a lease agreement with their incumbent supplier Quadient for the provision and lease of their franking machines and postage services.Due to the volume of increased workload since the Covid-19 pandemic, we wish to put an interim eight month contract in situ to ensure continuity of service to ensure patient care not compromised not receiving their appointment letters, whilst a formal tender exercise is completed for the HB to implement and migrate over to a Digital solution.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=108742. (WA Ref:108742) (WA Ref:110652)