Printed matter and related products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 22000000Supplies · division31 classes with notices

Sub-sectors of printed matter and related products

31 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 660 of 869 notices in this division carry a class-level code

Open tenders in printed matter and related products

19 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
The Provision of PlannersOutwood Grange Academies Trust21 Sept 20263d£395,000
Annual Report and Accounts - Creative and Design AgencyThe Crown Estate21 Sept 20263d£615,000
Tender for the Print and Distribution of the Streets Ahead Magazine for the Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveNorthern Ireland Housing Executive21 Sept 20263d£125,000
Gloucestershire County Electoral Print ContractCotswold District Council22 Sept 20264d£1,242,765
Hackney Carriage and Private Hire plates and badgesGedling Borough Council30 Sept 202612d£60,000
50_27 Office Filing, Presentation and Storage ProductsFramework10 lotsLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO30 Sept 202612d£7,333,333
Postal Vote Printing for ElectionsBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council2 Oct 202614d£165,000
Framework for Large Print and Spoken Word BooksFramework2 lotsEssex County Council2 Oct 202614d£260,000
Class 331 Heavy Maintenance infrastructure upgrade Allerton TCCNorthern Trains Limited5 Oct 202617d£2,134,000
Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER)Department for Transport7 Oct 202619d£135,000
DPS for Design, Print and Related ServicesDPS13 lotsSouthampton City Council16 Nov 202659d£700,000
CCP074 - Provision of a Print Service DPSDPS10 lotsDerbyshire County Council30 Nov 2027438d£700,000
Design Print and Related Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the London Borough of CamdenDPS12 lotsLondon Borough of Camden21 Jan 2029856d£2,440,000
Electronic Payments and Associated ServicesDPSProcurement Assist Limited c/o Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd (iFM Bolton)31 May 2029986d£75,000,000
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Events Services, Equipment (via Hire) and Associated StructuresDPS16 lotsGlasgow City Council22 Aug 20301434d£17,000,000
Dynamic Market (DM) for the provision of goods and services to drive economical, social and governance impact and improvementDPSTHE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION31 Mar 20363482d
UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and ServicesDPSAFFINITY WATER LIMITEDnot published
ScottishPower - SuppliesSCOTTISH POWER UK PLCnot published
Link-Up - SuppliesACHILLES INFORMATION LIMITEDnot published

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 38% (320 notices)
  • Central government 18% (157 notices)
  • Other public bodies 12% (104 notices)
  • Education & universities 10% (88 notices)
  • NHS & health 1% (12 notices)
  • Not classified 20% (168 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Telford and Wrekin CouncilLocal authorities1900
ESPOnot classified1300
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1220
APUC LIMITEDnot classified1120
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government1140
British CouncilLocal authorities1030
British Librarynot classified1000
Education Authority NIEducation & universities1000
Procurement and Logistics Servicenot classified1000
Sellafield LimitedOther public bodies1010

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 562 of 869 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
Scotland87 · 15%248%73%
Northern Ireland68 · 12%393%93%
North West England67 · 12%473%70%
South East England67 · 12%275%38%
Greater London64 · 11%455%73%
West Midlands59 · 10%667%
Yorkshire and the Humber58 · 10%
Wales (Cymru)55 · 10%458%57%
East Midlands53 · 9%557%47%
East of England51 · 9%3
South West England47 · 8%
North East England32 · 6%

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 65% (567 notices)
  • Framework 31% (266 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (36 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 57% (492 notices)
  • Route not published 22% (192 notices)
  • Selective 13% (114 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 8% (71 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 61% (141 notices)
  • Below threshold 39% (89 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=196median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (317) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=112
  • 1 bid 13% (15)
  • 2–3 36% (40)
  • 4–6 33% (37)
  • 7 or more 18% (20)
Contract value, net
p25 £125,000median £252,102p75 £567,500
interquartile range of 143 awards · p90 £2,123,200
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=97middle half 2–5
Competed90%robust · n=317open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs79%robust · n=420of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs61%robust · n=119single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally58%robust · n=99winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=6217 below · 10 above
Abandoned4%robust · n=317cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot4robust · n=85155 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 1,006 awards to 527 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 14% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 267 of 869 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement51 notices · 19% · 3 open
Proactis / ProContract51 notices · 19% · 1 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)28 notices · 10% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution24 notices · 9% · 1 open
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management22 notices · 8% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing20 notices · 7% · 1 open
eTendersNI19 notices · 7% · 1 open

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 22 — on the procedure or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 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 22. 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.