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title: "Contingency Printing"
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# Contingency Printing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contingency-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-050433). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Corporate Officer of the House of Commons: "Contingency Printing". Published status: complete. Published Value: £70,833. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 May 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Corporate Officer of the House of Commons](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/corporate-officer-of-the-house-of-commons-GB-PPON-PQCD-6982-LPZW)
- **Published Value:** £70,833 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 May 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Printing and delivery services, Printing and related services, Services related to printing
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKI32
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £70,469 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contingency-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-050433#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050433`

## 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/contingency-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-050433#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-ukparliament.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contingency-printing-ocds-h6vhtk-050433#participate

## Description
The House of Commons is looking to procure a supplier to provide contingency printing services on behalf of the House of Commons Vote Office. The House of Commons (the Authority) has a requirement for short-notice access to an external printing supplier. The supplier shall provide contingency print services to the Authority to provide resilience should there be a failure of the Authorities Print Services equipment or IT infrastructure, or due to fire, flooding or an incident on the Parliamentary estate.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79800000, 79820000, 79823000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £70,833

- **Contract Period:** 01/06/2025 to 01/06/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Contingency Printing (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **CDS PRINT SERVICES LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174821`
  - Value: £70,469 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 03/06/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CDS Print Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174821`
  - Value: £70,469 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contingency Printing (active)
  - Signed Value: £70,469
  - Signed Date: 23/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015618-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-21T12:49:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T09:54:15.181Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050433