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Communication and Print Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Framework

Buyer: Sheffield City Council →

BuyerSheffield City Council
StatustenderUpdate
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published18 Feb 2026

What is being bought

DPS Framework consists of 17 lots covering the full range of services required for communication and print work, these being: • Lot 1 – Standard Print • Lot 2 – Mailing and Distribution • Lot 3 – Courier Services • Lot 4 – Large Format, Signage and Display Printing • Lot 5 – Security Printing and Confidential Printing (general) • Lot 6 – Secure Printing (electoral) • Lot 7 – Branded Promotional Products, Specialist Printing • Lot 8 – Creative Design Services, Animation & Artwork for Print and Digital Media • Lot 9 – Photography and Film Making • Lot 10 – Illustration • Lot 11 – Copywriting and Proof-reading • Lot 12 – Digital Communications (content writing) • Lot 13 – Marketing Communications • Lot 14 – Internal & Change Communications • Lot 15 – External Affairs • Lot 16 – Media Buying • Lot 17 – Consultation and Surveys

Categories

Printing services 79810000

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Printing services (79810000); 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 798,5594 median · 35.1 average (3,300 of 8,559 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,711 of 8,559 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer142 median · 7.3 average (11 of 14 with a bid count)1.8 average (11 of 14 with named award suppliers)Not published

“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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
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

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03c566
Latest release ID014661-2026
Latest release timestampWed Feb 18 2026 11:17:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusNot published
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source0
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Feb 2026tenderUpdate014661-2026

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 (1 releases)
18 Feb 2026 · 014661-2026 · tenderUpdate
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