Official UK procurement notice
Election Print Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Portsmouth City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPortsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers to provide election print materials for any election or referendum occurring during the contract period.
The materials are to be provided in respect of any election or referendum held within the Portsmouth City Council local authority area.
Portsmouth City Council has an electorate of approximately 150,000 across two parliamentary constituencies and 14 City Council wards.
The initial contract term will be for 3 years with the possibility of extending the term by a further 4 years to a maximum total term of 7 years in increments to be agreed, subject to the agreement and performance of both parties.
The estimated value of the contract is £250,000 over the initial 3 year period or £580,000 over the full lifetime of the contract.
- Recurrence: October 2025 unless extension options are taken up.
CPV: Paper or paperboard registers, account books, binders, forms and other articles of printed stationery · Printed matter and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified…RenewalPublished value£580,000
Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers to provide election print materials for any election or referendum occurring during the contract period. The following items are included in the invitation:
Printing and mailing of polling letters
Printing of postal voting packs
Printing of ballot papers
The materials are to be provided in respect of any election or referendum held within the Portsmouth City Council local authority area.
Portsmouth City Council has an electorate of approximately 150,000 across two parliamentary constituencies and 14 City Council wards.
The following elections are anticipated in the initial contract period:
City Council elections in May 2023
City Council and Police & Crime Commissioner elections in May 2024
UK Parliamentary election by January 2025
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · October 2025 unless extension options are taken up.
- First published
- 20 Oct 2022, 16:03 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2022, 16:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
P00004752- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029642- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037787Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
20 Oct 2022 → 23 Nov 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published20 Oct 2022, 16:03 BST
- Submission deadline23 Nov 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria