Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Health Wales NHS Trust
2 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street
Cardiff
CF10 4BZ
UK
E-mail: emma.burns@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PHW-DCO-63559 - MAIL OUTSOURCING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WALES
Reference number: PHW-DCO-63559
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health Wales (PHW) Screening Division outsources mailing requirements for patient screening programmes.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79800000
64100000
64120000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Public Health Wales (PHW) Screening Division outsources mailing requirements for patient screening programmes.
Screening Division is part of Public Health Wales NHS Trust and is the organisation responsible for the management and delivery of the Welsh population based screening programmes. These programmes are:
Antenatal Screening Wales
Bowel Screening Wales
Breast Test Wales
Cervical Screening Wales
Newborn Bloodspot Screening Wales
Newborn Hearing Screening Wales
Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
Diabetic Eye Screening Wales
Lung Cancer Screening
The screening division have been successfully outsourcing screening invitations, test kits and results letters for a number of years and are required to procure a new contract for the continued provision of these services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
procured via Government Commercial Agency framework RM6280
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Procured via Government Commercial Agency framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-008573
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PHW-DCO-63559
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/10/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from 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
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Latcham Direct
1 Western Drive
Bristol
BS140AF
UK
NUTS: UKK11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
procurement via direct call off within framework
(WA Ref:172796)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/11/2026