Baby Bundle Supply, Packing and Distribution

The Welsh Government will shortly be commencing a procurement exercise for the sourcing of products, registration, assembly, storage and delivery of Baby Bundles in Wales. The Contract Notice will be advertised separately to this Prior Information Notice (PIN) in late June 2023. Baby Bundles is a Welsh Government initiative to provide a ‘welcome to the world’ gift, comprising of a range of products for the child’s first months. The bundle will be provided free of charge to all new and expectant parents resident in Wales.

The purpose of this further PIN is to alert potential bidders to a pre-market engagement event that we will use to:

Further inform our final tender specification.

Explore options to deliver on our social procurement duty.

Set out our requirement in relation to Carbon Reduction Plans.

A virtual pre-market engagement event is due to take place on Microsoft Teams at 2pm on 24th May 2023. To register your interest and receive an invite for this event, please email: commercialprocurement.peoplecorporate@gov.wales

If you have already registered your interest for the previous PIN, we will automatically contact you with an invite.

The contract will have the potential for a requirement of between 25,000 to 35,000 bundles per year. It is important to note the projected number of baby bundles is subject to change.

The contract is intended to initially be for two years, with an option to extend for one further year. We require the successful contractor to be ready to distribute baby bundles from February 2024.