Official UK procurement notice
Postal Vote Printing for Elections
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£165,000≈ £33k / year · £198,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Oct 2026
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Dec 2031 · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a specialist elections printing service for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
CPV: Post office counter services · Post-office equipment · Postage machines · Postal orders · Postal services · Postal services related to letters
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Quality 70% Price 25% Social Value 5%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
- Authority reference
P129- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083298- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f0e4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published53 days ago3 Sept 2026, 09:31 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline24 days ago2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 67 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 09:31 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender