Provision of Leased Franking Equipment with Support and Maintenance

The Contracting Authority is publishing an award notice with regard to single tender action covering the following :

The Contracting Authority currently has 4 leased Franking Machines. 3 high volume Connect + 500 machines and a single low volume machine, a UK DM300c Base & Meter at the main site in Morriston, Swansea. The machines have previously been used to frank up to 5 million mail items per annum to the public.

Previously the daily throughput via the Franking machines was approximately 18,000 items with daily peaks sometimes exceeding 30,000 items. During working days peak hourly throughput was approximately 5,000 items per hour.