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# Highways England Staff Magazine 2021

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highways-england-staff-magazine-2021-ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highways England: "Highways England Staff Magazine 2021". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Highways England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highways-england-GB-FTS-3441)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Publishing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £232,483 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4`

## 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/highways-england-staff-magazine-2021-ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4#tl-md)

## Description
Highways England’s Communications directorate are seeking to appoint a single supplier to produce a quarterly internal magazine for both office based and on-road staff. The magazine is expected support the underlying principles of the business’ Internal Communications Strategy, which are;
• Consistency in messaging
• Clear purpose for each channel
• Reduce duplication (and channels)
• Build in two-way capability
• Manager reference library
• Measure outcomes not outputs
• More targeted comms
In addition to this, Highways expect the successful supplier to bring Journalistic inquisitiveness, experience and focus to ensure the magazine appeals to staff who have an interest in internal business topics, infrastructure, construction and engineering.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Highways England’s Communications directorate are seeking to appoint a single supplier to produce a quarterly internal magazine for both office based and on-road staff. The magazine is expected support the underlying principles of the business’ Inter...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Highways England Staff Magazine 2021 (active)
  - Award id: `002429-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AB Publishing Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-4652`
  - Value: £232,483 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Highways England Staff Magazine 2021 (active)
  - Signed Value: £232,483
  - Signed Date: 12/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002429-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-05T22:56:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:33:48.519Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4