Official UK procurement notice
Election Printing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)
Awarded value£640,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPrinting Contract for Electoral Services for Elections/Business Improvement District Elections (BID), Canvass and all year-round Registration/Printing Requirements and emailing/posting statutory forms.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Oct 2025, 16:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 17:40 BST
- Authority reference
25-S-037- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078304- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d774Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
Pursuant to Section 41 and Schedule 5 (Regulation 7) of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits a direct award justification for additional or repeat goods, services or works, namely
- The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-
- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
- (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published30 Oct 2025, 16:50 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Aug 2026, 16:53 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published17 Aug 2026, 17:40 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected27 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £640,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED27 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: Contract start date - 02/01/2026 1 x 12 months | £640,000 | 17 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £640,000
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1x12 months
3 agreed KPIs: Timeliness of Delivery · Print Accuracy · Compliance with Specifications
- Timeliness of Delivery
- Print Accuracy
- Compliance with Specifications
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender