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# Print Marketplace

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/print-marketplace-ocds-h6vhtk-038ae4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Crown Commercial Service: "Print Marketplace". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: 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:** [Crown Commercial Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/crown-commercial-service-gov-ea1474)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising material, Advertising stickers and strips, Bespoke printed matter, Booklets, Brochures (+22 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038ae4`

## 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/print-marketplace-ocds-h6vhtk-038ae4#tl-md)

## Description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has established a Framework Contract with a single Supplier to provide, host and manage a system known as Print Marketplace. The Print Marketplace will:
• service the high-volume, low-spend print requirements across the public sector;
• enable public sector Buyers with access to a pre-qualified, dynamic and local supplier base; and
• offer real-time instant pricing across the print landscape.
The Supplier will provide a full end to end service including the management of: the system, the print supply chain and Buyer registrations and support. CCS is partnering with YPO to put this Framework Contract in place.
The full requirements are set out in Attachment 10 - Framework Schedule 5 (Specification), in the ITT.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 22000000, 22150000, 22160000, 22440000, 22450000, 22456000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** (nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and requirements) 
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has established a Framework Contract with a single Supplier to
provide, host and manage a system known as Print Marketplace.
...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 034439-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134033`
  - Value: £200,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 034439-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £200,000,000
  - Signed Date: 31/05/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034439-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-06T10:02:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:57:36.636Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038ae4