Postcards, greeting cards and other printed matter: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 22300000Supplies · 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 46% (6 notices)
  • Other public bodies 23% (3 notices)
  • Central government 8% (1 notices)
  • Education & universities 8% (1 notices)
  • Charities 8% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 8% (1 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Bath & North East Somerset CouncilLocal authorities100
British Council ChinaLocal authorities100
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITEDCharities100
Clarion Housing GroupHousing associations100
Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocal authorities100
Imperial War MuseumsCentral government110
Ipswich Borough CouncilLocal authorities100
Lincolnshire County CouncilLocal authorities110
North Western Universities Purchasing ConsortiumOther public bodies100
Nottingham Trent University (NTU)Education & universities100

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 9 of 14 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
East Midlands2 · 22%
Scotland1 · 11%
North West England1 · 11%
West Midlands1 · 11%
East of England1 · 11%
Greater London1 · 11%
South East England1 · 11%
South West England1 · 11%

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 29% (4 notices)
  • Framework 50% (7 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 21% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 50% (7 notices)
  • Selective 36% (5 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 67% (2 notices)
  • Below threshold 33% (1 notices)
Typical tender window28 daysrobust · n=5median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 5 awards to 5 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 5 of 14 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 2230. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 8 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 2230. 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.