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# Appointment of Guidebook Publisher 2025 (Second Issue)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-guidebook-publisher-2025-second-issue-ocds-h6vhtk-0564a9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Navy Museums: "Appointment of Guidebook Publisher 2025 (Second Issue)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £206,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Navy Museums](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-navy-museums-gov-pb290)
- **Published Value:** £206,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Printed matter and related products
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-guidebook-publisher-2025-second-issue-ocds-h6vhtk-0564a9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0564a9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-guidebook-publisher-2025-second-issue-ocds-h6vhtk-0564a9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** All submissions are to be sent to tenders@nmrn.org.uk, further details on the NMRN can be found at; www.nmrn.org.uk/do-business-with-us

## Description
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) are seeking through this tender process to appoint a supplier to produce and print its range of souvenir guidebooks for a 5-year period commencing in September 2025.
This appointment will be contracted to the NMRN Trading Company, with the procurement undertaken by NMRN Operations. The contractor should be able to undertake both the design and printing elements. Examples of our key objectives include:
- To maximise commercial revenue through sales of the guidebooks at all physical NMRN sites and through the digital journey.
- The NMRN are progressing a new brand redevelopment that will launch in 2025, of which at the point of reprint, the guidebooks will need to embody, increasing and extending our brand awareness.
- To enhance the visitor experience whilst on site.
- To contribute to the NMRN's overall interpretation strategy, as articulated within its master narrative
All details of the guidebooks required to be published under this tender are included within the ITT itself. This includes setting out your pricing proposals.
The NMRN are not accepting physical examples of guidebooks, only PDF examples are to be sent alongside submissions on the tender deadline stated on this advert.
Clarifications are to be sent to tenders@nmrn.org.uk

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 22000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £206,000

- **Contract Period:** 29/09/2025 to 29/09/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 27/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042401-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-29T14:30:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:03:25.512Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0564a9