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title: "Bill Printing"
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# Bill Printing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bill-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "Bill Printing". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jan 2024, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-GB-COH-02366703)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 January 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Printing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKH14, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bill-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8`

## 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/bill-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bill-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8#participate

## Description
NWL have awarded a contract for the provision of bill printing. The items that are to be provided include:
1. Printing of our customer bills and letters, including:
- Laser printing of bills and letters.
- Mailsorting our bill and letter files, including adding a Mailmark barcode on the documents.
- Enclosing ready for collection by downstream service provider to meet mailsort requirements.
- Provide or process controls tracking data from receipt of files to the despatch of mail.
- Procurement / provision of stationery including paper, envelopes and occasionally leaflets.
- Provision of stock storage, stock reports and stock re-order alerts when re-order levels are reached.
- Processing of returned mail, including providing a weekly file detailing mail returned.
2. PayPoint payment card production, including:
- Provision or sourcing of plastic payment cards, and paper for customer letters
- Encoding of magnetic strip
- Card attached to customer letter and mailed. Currently mailed using existing envelope
stock from our main print files detailed above.
3. Hybrid Mail solution
- Providing a print solution for our colleagues working both in the office and at home

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** The initial contract will be for a period of five years. The supplier must be able to manage the printing and fulfilment of 12 to 25,000 items on a daily basis. In addition to daily files they should be able to manage the peak of annual billing. This...
- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2024 to 30/11/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 035405-2024-1 (active)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 035405-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 30/10/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035405-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-01T07:53:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T03:51:47.641Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042cf8