PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Franking Machine, Folder Inserter Lease, Pre Pay Postage and Meter Reset

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

H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · published 30 Oct 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 IDb51daefb-9da3-4774-9741-65515676c75d-919811
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-8e816dbc-ce8e-4219-afb6-7fd1d056538f
Buyer identifierGB-GOR-D25
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
£185,783
award field
Tender value
£278,675
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
30144100
Postage-franking machines
Delivery
Wales, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Provision of a franking machine, envelope inserter and letter opener, together with associated installation, configuration, maintenance and support. The contract also includes consumables, pre paid postage funding and meter reset services, and access to account management and reporting facilities. The equipment will support outgoing mail operations at UBS Swansea.

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 release30 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published16 Nov 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published24 Jun 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published16 Nov 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published16 Nov 2028
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.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 30 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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