Notice Information
Notice Title
Mail for 2021-2026 Senedd Cymru Elections
Notice 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
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.
Procurement Information
Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 applies.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02ac90
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009503-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64121100 - Mail delivery services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 May 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WELSH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- cpsprocurementadvice@gov.wales
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF10 3NQ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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