Official UK procurement notice
Printing of Out and About in the North York Moors National Park magazine
Authority: North York Moors National Park Authority (Public body)
The Authority is seeking quotations for the printing, finishing and delivery of the Out and About in the North York Moors magazine 2027. Please quote for the specification: Print area must be able to bleed off trimmed pages. Alternative options: We are open to proposals of alternative paper types which deliver a lower cost; however, these quotes must be in addition to one for our preferred options, detailed above.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking quotations for the printing, finishing and delivery of the Out and About in the North York Moors magazine 2027.
Please quote for the specification:
Title: Out and About in the North York Moors 2027
Format: 52 pp magazine plus four-page cover – (finished trimmed size approximately 270mm deep x 190mm wide portrait)
Paper: Insides: 70gsm near woodfree silk
Cover: 115gsm woodfree gloss
FSC certified
Print: Full colour printing to all pages. Print area must be able to bleed off trimmed pages.
Finishing: Book fold, stitched with two wires and trimmed to size.
Alternative options: We are open to proposals of alternative paper types which deliver a lower cost; however, these quotes must be in addition to one for our preferred options, detailed above.
Alternative proposals will only be considered if no quotation meeting our preferred specification is received within the budget stated on the MyTenders portal. Quotations that exceed our preferred specification (for example, a heaver paper weight) will be treated as meeting it. Where alternatives are considered, they will be scored against the same 60:40 price to quality basis.
Paper samples: Samples of all proposed paper types must be sent for our review by 30 November 2026.
Quantities: 80,000
Timescale:
- Final artwork to printer by Mon 22 Feb.
- To be printed by Fri 5 March 2027
- Delivery to our distributor by Thursday 11th March.
Proofs: Page proofs on selected stock
Delivery: Bundled, under-wrapped and cross-strapped, bulk packed on pallets and delivered to one UK address to be confirmed. Delivery to be between the hours of 09.00 and 15.30 on a vehicle with a tail-lift; advance notice of delivery required
Artwork: Files to be transmitted electronically to meet printer’s technical specifications
Subcontracting: The printing and finishing must be carried out by the supplier. Subcontracting of these elements will not be accepted. Delivery may be made by a third-party haulier.
Your quotation should include:
- Price for the specified quantity
- Price for delivery
- Timescale for delivery from receipt of artwork
- Details of your environmental credentials
- Any lower cost print quotes in addition to those for our preferred print options
Please post examples only (not the quotation) matching the requested specifications in an envelope marked “Out and About Guide/APD” to North York Moors National Park Authority, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 5BP.
Samples must arrive at the National Park Office before 12:00 on 30 November 2026.
Please note:
All quotations must be submitted electronically via the myTenders Postbox by 12:00 on 30 November 2026
Evaluation: Quotations will be evaluated to identify the most economically advantageous tender, based on a price to quality ratio of 60:40.
Price (60%)
The lowest-price quotation will receive the full 60 marks; other quotations will be scored in proportion to it.
Quality (40%)
Each quality criterion will be scored out of 10 and weighted as follows:
- Print quality 35%
- Paper 25%
- Finishing 15%
- Timescale 15%
- Environmental credentials 10%
Print quality, paper and finishing will be assessed using the samples provided. The highest quality score will receive the full 40 marks. Other quotations will be scored in proportion to it.
CPV: Printed matter and related products · Printing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£14,000
- Condition of participation
Suppliers must be able to meet the specification, delivery requirements and timescales set out in this notice and the attached print specification.
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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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Calculated as described in our print specification document
- Quality
- Condition of participation
Suppliers must be able to meet the specification, delivery requirements and timescales set out in this notice and the attached print specification.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £28,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How North York Moors National Park Authority buys Printing services (CPV 7981), and who usually turns up
North York Moors National Park Authority’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Printing services (CPV 7981) →
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–333%
4–622%
7+33%
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate43%
Within ±2%57%
Above estimate0%
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Lot #1CPV 7981Published estimate£14k
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1 bid12%
2–322%
4–628%
7+38%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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 Nov 2026, 10:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:54 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104089- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079650Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via mytenders- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
All quotations must be submitted via the myTenders Postbox by 30th November 2026 12:00
Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published15h ago3 Nov 2026, 10:54 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 21 days25 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 88 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 10:54 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Calculated as described in our print specification document
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender