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title: "Paper; Bulk, Sustainable & Specialist"
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# Paper; Bulk, Sustainable & Specialist

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/paper-bulk-sustainable-specialist-ocds-h6vhtk-02f9b8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd: "Paper; Bulk, Sustainable & Specialist". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-western-universities-purchasing-consortium-coh-04045190)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Printing paper
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f9b8`

## 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/paper-bulk-sustainable-specialist-ocds-h6vhtk-02f9b8#tl-md)

## Description
The NWUPC Paper; Bulk, Sustainable and Specialist, is a framework agreement led by NWUPC and is open to Members of the following consortia to use APUC, CPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC and SUPC. The current agreement is due to expire on the 31st December 2021. Work is in progress on this retender for this agreement. During engagement with the market we have received informal feedback of the current market situations that the Paper Industry are facing. The following survey has therefore been created in order to gain a formal view of the market conditions from Suppliers in order to extend the framework to tender at a more appropriate time.
NWUPC would therefore appreciate if you are a Supplier in this market if you could complete the following survey.
https://enp.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/nwupc-paper-bulk-sustainable-specialist-market-engag

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** All the information about the procurement will be decided at the strategy.  This notice is for pre market engagement to inform the strategy.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029257-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-24T14:10:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:04:06.177Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f9b8