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2026 Transactional Print and Postal Distribution

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BuyerANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED
StatusClosed
Deadline27 Aug 2026
Value£4,000,000
Published21 Aug 2026

What is being bought

<div>Transactional Print and Postal Distribution is a core operational service that enables the end-to-end production and delivery of high-volume customer communications, including billing, letters, notices, and payments. It typically encompasses secure data handling, bulk printing, fulfilment (e.g. enclosing and packaging), payment card or cheque production, and distribution via postal networks. This will also include Adhoc print and communications. </div>

Delivery location

UKH, GB

Categories

Printing and related services 79800000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£4,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 1 Apr 2034
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Written Qualitative Response (70%)
Pricing (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0001Printing and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Printing and related services (79800000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7912,7624 median · 30.3 average (5,343 of 12,762 with a bid count)3.1 average (5,969 of 12,762 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer6Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH3984 median · 81.3 average (140 of 398 with a bid count)6.7 average (162 of 398 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7234 median · 9.1 average (9 of 723 with a bid count)2.3 average (9 of 723 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d592
Latest release ID079982-2026
Latest release timestampFri Aug 21 2026 13:43:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079982-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-08-27T22:00:04Z
Enquiry deadline2026-08-27T22:00:04Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-15T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailshttps://eu.mu.ariba.com/uav/project/?token=7b876244-67a9-42b3-9d79-de589a02c554
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source4
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Aug 2026tenderUpdate079982-2026
28 Jul 2026tender071343-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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28 Jul 2026 · 071343-2026 · tender
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