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Published 2 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre Market Engagement - Election Printing Services – Poll Cards, Ballot Papers, Postal Packs and Associated Documents

Official notice

Authority: East Lindsey District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD

Services
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF3)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 1 Jan 2030 · up to 1 Jan 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Pre Market Engagement

The contracting authority is seeking to engage with potential suppliers to inform the development of a forthcoming Invitation to Tender (ITT) for election printing services. This includes the printing and delivery of poll cards and ballot papers in accordance with statutory requirements. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is conducted in line with the Procurement Act 2023 to ensure transparency, fairness, and value for money.

CPV: Printing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 1 Jan 2032 with extensions
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: Extension options published
79810000 Printing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
2 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2025, 13:04 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061695
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Printing services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6bc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Oct 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published392 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
  2. Market engagement370 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    To respond to this interested suppliers must first register on the PSPS electronic tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/pspslprocurement/asp… ↗ From here you will be able respond via the messaging system.

  3. Contract starts301 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 13:01 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Oct 2025, 13:04 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

East Lindsey District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGXY-2191-CRQN The Hub, Mareham Road, Horncastle, East Midlands, LN9 6PHContact email

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure