Paper or paperboard registers: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 22810000Supplies · classin Printed matter and related products

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 41% (9 notices)
  • NHS & health 9% (2 notices)
  • Other public bodies 9% (2 notices)
  • Central government 5% (1 notices)
  • Education & universities 5% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 32% (7 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Hertfordshire County CouncilLocal authorities300
ESPOnot classified200
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOLocal authorities220
Scottish Qualifications Authoritynot classified220
YPOnot classified200
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilLocal authorities100
Greenshaw Learning TrustOther public bodies100
Kent County Council (t/a KCS)Local authorities100
NHS Supply ChainNHS & health100
NHS Supply Chain Operated by Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL)NHS & health100

16 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 12 of 22 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Yorkshire and the Humber4 · 33%
Scotland3 · 25%
East of England3 · 25%
South East England2 · 17%
Greater London2 · 17%
East Midlands1 · 8%
North East England1 · 8%
North West England1 · 8%
West Midlands1 · 8%
South West England1 · 8%
Northern Ireland1 · 8%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 27% (6 notices)
  • Framework 73% (16 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 82% (18 notices)
  • Route not published 18% (4 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 100% (3 notices)

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 104 awards to 45 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 7 of 22 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

eTendersNI1 notices · 14%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution1 notices · 14%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 2281. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 24 Jul 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 2281. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.