Sterling Press Ltd: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Companies House: Private Limited CompanyKetteringNationwide (UK)Main market: Printing and related services

Companies House02386753 ↗ · ActiveWebsitesterlingsolutions.co.uk ↗

Procedures with an award4045 award records

Public authorities32named on published awards

Attributable award value£2.3mnet · on 2 of 24 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings

Last 12 months1award · 9 in the prior 24 months · last 14 Sept 2026

Contracts ending ≤18 months10end date on 39 of 45 awards · 6 estimated

Buyer regions9most often West Midlands

Where they win
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24 awards (23 for a named lot, 96%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 24 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

7980 Printing and related services10 awards · 42% · 9 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards

3012 Photocopying and offset printing equipment4 awards · 17% · awards naming a lot

2211 Printed books1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

5031 Maintenance and repair of office machinery1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

7934 Advertising and marketing services1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

7957 Mailing-list compilation and mailing services1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

7981 Printing services1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

7982 Services related to printing1 award · 4% · awards naming a lot

Attributable award value

£2.3mOn 2 of 24 award records; the five largest make 100%. Largest rows below.

Award vs estimate

Based on 1 wins in its industry (CPV division 79). Small sample.

48.6% below estimateindicative · n=1compared within CPV division 79

Largest published awards i	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
LCC Print and Distribution of County News	Lincolnshire County Council	—	—	£1,400,065 †
English Heritage Mailing House	English Heritage	—	—	£874,533 †

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 40 of 40 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

West Midlands8 procedures · 20%

South East England7 procedures · 18%

North West England6 procedures · 15%

South West England6 procedures · 15%

North East England4 procedures · 10%

East Midlands4 procedures · 10%

Yorkshire and the Humber2 procedures · 5%

Scotland2 procedures · 5%

Bidding record
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 2 notices name this supplier, covering 5 lots since 10 Mar 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate

Contract lots contested

0 won · 0 lostFewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.

Framework / DPS places

5 of 5Lots on 2 notices: a place is won per lot.

Authorities bid for

Notice	Authority	Outcome	Bidders	Published
Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026framework/DPS	OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)	appointed	6	13 Oct 2026
Printing Products and Services Frameworkframework/DPS	Warwick District Council	appointedall 4 lots bid for	35	10 Mar 2026

Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Local authority50%(12 awards)
12 of 24 awards are Local authority (50%).
Education25%(6 awards)
6 of 24 awards are Education (25%).
Type not classified25%(6 awards)
6 of 24 awards are Type not classified (25%).

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
University of Sussex	3	7.5%	3	21 May 2024
English Heritageframework/DPS on 1	2	5%	2	9 Nov 2021
English Heritage-Marketingframework/DPS on 1	2	5%	2	9 Nov 2021
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMframework/DPS on 1	2	5%	2	6 Nov 2025
ASTON UNIVERSITYframework/DPS on 1	2	5%	2	12 Jul 2023
The University of Sheffieldframework/DPS on 2	2	5%	2	1 Nov 2021
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limitedframework/DPS on 1	2	5%	2	22 Apr 2025
Warwick District Councilframework/DPS on 1	1	2.5%	4	16 Oct 2025

Share = of the 40 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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39 of 45 awards carry an end date, 11 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Ends	Published value
Printing Contract	31 Mar 2027	£32,000
Litho / Digital / Web Printing Services	7 Apr 2027 estimated	£28,000,000 ceiling
Request for quote for: HDC202404 Print and distribution for Hart News	23 Apr 2027	£64,794
668 - Print Services - Lot 3 - Prospectus & Large Campaigns	10 Jun 2027 estimated	Not published
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 1: Full-Colour Printing	20 Oct 2027 estimated	£360,000 ceiling
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 2: High-Volume Web Work	20 Oct 2027 estimated	£60,000 ceiling
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 3: Adhesive Wall Vinyl and Glass Frosting	20 Oct 2027 estimated	£180,000 ceiling
23-56 Print Management Services	23 Feb 2028	£670,000
LCC Print and Distribution of County News	27 Feb 2028 estimated	£1,400,065
CA15183 - Multifunctional Devices and Associated Products and Services Including Print and Design Services	1 Apr 2028	£18,750,000

Recent awards

Latest 24 of 24 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 21 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Published value
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 1: Full-Colour Printing	Liverpool City Council	Not published	£360,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 2: High-Volume Web Work	Liverpool City Council	Not published	£60,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
External Print Services Framework_23 Lot 3: Adhesive Wall Vinyl and Glass Frosting	Liverpool City Council	Not published	£180,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
007642 - Corporate Print Services Framework	Newcastle City Council	Not published	£300,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
668 - Print Services - Lot 3 - Prospectus & Large Campaigns	Aston University	Not published	Not published
Litho / Digital / Web Printing Services	Scottish Government	Not published	£28,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
WCC - Print Services Framework	Warwickshire County Council	Not published	£1,200,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
Point of Sale POS	AHDB	Not published	£120,000 † framework ceiling · not attributable revenue
Print and Design	Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited	Not published	£20,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
(NU/1589-43) Printing and Delivery of Undergraduate Guide 2023	Newcastle University	Not published	£18,257 † dynamic market estimate · not attributable revenue

About this data

One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
Contract end dates. Published on 28 of 45 awards, estimated from the published duration on 11 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.