Official UK procurement notice
AHDB Print Services requirement Lot 1 General Print Services Lot 2 POS Lot 3 Labels
Authority: AHDB
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe print framework must capture the print requirements of AHDB and its divisions in relation to digital and lithographic print production, point of sale material and labels. The framework will cover a wide range of items from business cards, variable data letters, flyers, to high-quality technical publications, promotional literature, large format event display items and chilled meat pack labels.
Please note we are not looking for print management companies as we have an internal Print team.
Lot 1 – General printing services
This Lot comprises AHDB’s digital and lithographic print requirements, fulfilment, and personalised mailing.
An example of our requirements is as follows:
- 1pp, 2pp, 4pp, 6pp leaflets
- Multi-page brochures
- Perfect bound brochures
- Print on plastic/PVC (UV print)
- Kit Fulfilment
- Personalised mailing from variable data (Excel)
- Web2Print, ordering system for AHDB business cards
- Technical guides and publications
- NCR pads and forms
- Wire-o bound brochures
- Magazines/periodicals
- Wallet folders
- Export publications – sometimes produced in Arabic, Mandarin, and other languages
Lot 2 – Point-of-sale services
This lot comprises large format printing for AHDB’s range of banners, posters, and point-of-sale items onto various substrates
An example of our requirements is as follows:
- Pull-up cassette banners
- ‘A’ frame pavement furniture
- Event flags/sails
- One-off posters/display boards
- Pop-up display graphics
- Large format graphics direct to substrate
- Vinyl window stickers
Lot 3 – Label services
This lot comprises AHDB’s adhesive on pack label requirement for chilled/frozen meat packs printed on to paper or plastic substrate using an appropriate freezer adhesive.
An example of our requirements is as follows:
Single page circular labels 38mm (on reels)
Single page circular labels 44mm (on reels)
Peel and reveal multi page 38mm dia labels (on reels)
Peel and reveal multi page 44mm dia labels (on reels)
- Recurrence: Summer of 2026 new tender requirements
CPV: Point of sale (POS) software package · Printed matter and related products · Printing and related services · Printing services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 14 suppliers · 10 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.7 per place) · 8 appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 28 Feb 2023, Not Applicable
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · 3 with a published value · win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1General Print ServicesAwardedLot estimate not published
Lot One - General Print Services requirement covering
This Lot comprises AHDB’s digital and lithographic print requirements, fulfilment, and personalised mailing.
Lot Two Point of Sale - This lot comprises large format printing for AHDB’s range of banners, posters, and point-of-sale items onto various substrates
Lot Three - Labels.
Lot #2Lot Two Point of SaleAwardedLot estimate not published
Point of Sales Lot Two
This lot comprises large format printing for AHDB’s range of banners, posters, and point-of-sale items onto various substrates
Lot #3LabelsRenewalPublished value£180,000
Lot 3 – Label services
This lot comprises AHDB’s adhesive on pack label requirement for chilled/frozen meat packs printed on to paper or plastic substrate using an appropriate freezer adhesive.
An example of our requirements is as follows:
Single page circular labels 38mm (on reels)
Single page circular labels 44mm (on reels)
Peel and reveal multi page 38mm dia labels (on reels)
Peel and reveal multi page 44mm dia labels (on reels)
Lot #4Point of Sale (POS)RenewalPublished value£120,000
Lot 2 – Point-of-sale services
This lot comprises large format printing for AHDB’s range of banners, posters, and point-of-sale items onto various substrates
An example of our requirements is as follows:
- Pull-up cassette banners
- ‘A’ frame pavement furniture
- Event flags/sails
- One-off posters/display boards
- Pop-up display graphics
- Large format graphics direct to substrate
- Vinyl window stickers
Lot #5General Printing ServicesRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
Lot 1 – General printing services
This Lot comprises AHDB’s digital and lithographic print requirements, fulfilment, and personalised mailing.
An example of our requirements is as follows:
- 1pp, 2pp, 4pp, 6pp leaflets
- Multi-page brochures
- Perfect bound brochures
- Print on plastic/PVC (UV print)
- Kit Fulfilment
- Personalised mailing from variable data (Excel)
- Web2Print, ordering system for AHDB business cards
- Technical guides and publications
- NCR pads and forms
- Wire-o bound brochures
- Magazines/periodicals
- Wallet folders
- Export publications – sometimes produced in Arabic, Mandarin, and other languages
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
As per tender specification
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “AHDB Print Services requirement Lot 1 General Print Services Lot 2…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 14 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Summer of 2026 new tender requirements
- First published
- 26 Jul 2022, 12:25 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Nov 2022, 09:52 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
2022-548- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031505- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0355f0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per tender specification
Publisher note: Procurement Managers
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 30 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
Timeline
30 Aug 2022 → 28 Feb 2023 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened30 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
- Notice published8 Nov 2022, 09:52 GMT
- Contract starts28 Feb 2023
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Nov 2022, 09:52 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 6 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,084,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Point of Sale POS
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
General Print Services
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Point of Sale POS
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
Point of Sale POS
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
Point of Sales POS
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2022
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Print Services | 10bids · 10 electronic | — | — | — |
| 2 · Lot Two Point of Sale | 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £0 – £1,204,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- DefraReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
8 commercial parties on the notice- BCQ Group LtdFramework contractor
- CSP Ltd Collector Set Printers LtdFramework contractor
- Fine Print Services LtdFramework contractor
- Harlow Printing LimitedFramework contractor
- LionFPG LimitedFramework contractor
- OptichromeFramework contractor
- Potts Print UK LtdFramework contractor
- SterlingFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria