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EONI - Printing of Poll Cards, Virtual Printing and ID Card Printing

Buyer: Electoral Office for Northern Ireland →

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BuyerElectoral Office for Northern Ireland
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Value£450,000
Published24 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The electoral system in Northern Ireland is administered centrally by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland (CEO). The CEO is both the electoral Registration Officer for all electors in Northern Ireland and Returning Officer for all elections and referendums in that jurisdiction. The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI) supports the CEO in carrying out his statutory duties. EONI wishes to appoint a supplier to deliver the following requirements: I. printing, sorting and packaging of potentially up to 1.5 million poll cards per Northern Ireland wide election for collection by a Mailing contractor. II. printing approximately 200,000 pieces of correspondence annually onto A4 paper, inserting into window envelopes and preparing for collection by a Mailing contractor. III. printing approximately 3,000 Electoral Identity Cards annually, inserting into window envelopes and preparing for collection by a Mailing contractor. The contract will commence on the award date for an initial period of three (3) years, followed by three (3) optional extension periods of one (1) year each. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.

Delivery location

UKN, GB

Categories

Printed matter and related products 22000000Printing and related services 79800000Printing services 79810000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£450,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Sept 2026 to 20 Sept 2029

Award criteria
AC1 - Print Methodology — As per Tender documentation. (21%)
AC2 - Service Delivery — As per Tender documentation. (35%)
AC3 - Contract Management and Contingency Arrangements — As per Tender documentation. (14%)
AC4 - Price — As per Tender documentation. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Printing and related services, Printing services, Printed matter and related productsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 22. The category anchor is Printed matter and related products (22000000); 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 222203 median · 11.3 average (55 of 220 with a bid count)3 average (60 of 220 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN36.5 median · 6.5 average (2 of 3 with a bid count)2 average (2 of 3 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)223 median · 3 average (2 of 22 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 22 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 requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
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

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d399
Latest release ID070441-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jul 24 2026 14:54:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070441-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-24T15:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-14T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-21T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£450,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Jul 2026tender070441-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Jul 2026 · 070441-2026 · tender
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