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Published 23 May 2025, 08:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Printing and Mailing Solutions Framework

Official notice

Authority: EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£100,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 16 Jan 2030 · starts 17 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM) will running a tender exercise to procure a framework to replace our existing Printing Mailing and Fulfilment Framework that is due to expire in January 2026. The new framework is expected as a minimum to cover :

Printing, Fulfilment and Mailing services including Hybrid Mail.

CPV: Printing and distribution services · Printing services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 17 Jan 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Printing and Mailing Solutions Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 08:43 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 08:43 BST
Authority reference
EEM0025 (2026 - 2030)
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025499
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Printing and distribution servicesPrinting services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+2 moreSouth West (UKK)Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051fda Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 17 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 08:43 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts282 days ago
    17 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 08:43 BST
    UK1

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

EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 07762614 · GB-PPON: PRXX-3953-HVQM 3 Maisies Way, Alfreton, East Midlands, DE55 2DSContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender