PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

ENHT - Franking Machine and Postage

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · published 4 Nov 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID025410a6-805e-4446-8764-c1a2718aedc9-920512
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-3cf1651f-5e72-46d3-a7af-36a2c0e4d021
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-339798
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£240,000
award field
Tender value
£400,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
30144100
Postage-franking machines
Delivery
Not stated
SG1 4AB
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Direct award under framework GCA RM6280, Lot 1, for the services of Franking Machine Rental and Postage services for the East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release4 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Nov 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published12 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Nov 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Oct 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA LIMITED

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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