Printing ink: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 22610000Supplies · 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
  • Education & universities 20% (2 notices)
  • Local authorities 20% (2 notices)
  • Other public bodies 20% (2 notices)
  • Charities 10% (1 notices)
  • Central government 10% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 20% (2 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITEDCharities100
City of London CorporationLocal authorities100
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government110
North Western Universities Purchasing ConsortiumOther public bodies100
OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUSTEducation & universities100
PONTEFRACT ACADEMIES TRUSTEducation & universities100
Scotland Excelnot classified100
Warwick District CouncilLocal authorities110
Yorkshire Purchasing OrganisationOther public bodies110
enFrame CICnot classified100

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 3 of 10 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
Scotland1 · 33%
South West England1 · 33%
South East England1 · 33%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 33%

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 30% (3 notices)
  • Framework 70% (7 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 70% (7 notices)
  • Selective 30% (3 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 100% (2 notices)

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 8 awards to 7 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 2 of 10 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 2261. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2022; latest 12 Mar 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 2261. 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.