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BuyerBabergh District Council
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Mar 2025
Value£950,000
Published21 Feb 2025

What is being bought

Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council are inviting suppliers to tender for the provision of Print and Post across both councils, with the potential for a hybrid mail solution. As part of Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Councils’ ongoing commitment to drive efficiencies across our workforces, we are seeking suppliers to support in the delivery of this service which will be split into two separate lots. Lot 1 being a standard bulk printing and post requirement and Lot 2 for our more bespoke printing requirements. We are looking to implement this service by 1st July 2025 (This could be subject to change), with an initial contract term of 36 months and an option to extend by up to a further 24 months. Further details can be found in the My Tenders area of this website, by selecting the view details button for this project.

Delivery location

UKH14 · UKH14

Categories

Printing and related services 79800000Printing services 79810000Digital printing services 79811000Services related to printing 79820000Print finishing services 79821000Printing and delivery services 79823000Printing and distribution services 79824000Printing and delivery services 79823000

Lot details

Print and Post-Standard Bulk Printing

The Contractor will provide the required service for our standard bulk printing requirements, including various elements in relation to Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council, and may include:• annual and in-year personalised invoices.• annual and in-year personalised letters. • annual and in-year personalised forms.(This on occasions may include inserts)

Statusactive
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2028

Print and Post-Bespoke Printing

In addition to the standard letters and invoicing Babergh District Council & Mid Suffolk District Councils require newsletters, agenda and bespoke items, some with additional finishing requirements including comb binding or lamination.• various annual and in-year newsletters.• various in-year Council committee agendas.• personalised and ad hoc marketing materials including posters• Compilation of multiple items in ‘packages’ matched on common factors.• The option to develop e-comms methods of mail delivery and tracking

Statusactive
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2028

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Printing and distribution services, Printing services, Printing and related services, Services related to printing, Digital printing services, Printing and delivery servicesNot published
2Printing and distribution services, Printing services, Printing and related services, Services related to printing, Print finishing services, Printing and delivery servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Printing and related services (79800000); 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 7913,7404 median · 30.9 average (5,804 of 13,740 with a bid count)3.2 average (6,508 of 13,740 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH14765 median · 18.1 average (36 of 76 with a bid count)2.7 average (37 of 76 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8633 median · 4.3 average (12 of 863 with a bid count)1.5 average (12 of 863 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 requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability
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

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e72f
Latest release ID006947-2025
Latest release timestampFri Feb 21 2025 16:02:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-03-24T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2025-03-24T12:00:00Z
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttp://www.suffolksourcing.uk/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£950,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Feb 2025tender006947-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
21 Feb 2025 · 006947-2025 · tender
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