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# Printing Services for Ordnance Survey Guidebooks (Short Walks Made Easy)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/printing-services-for-ordnance-survey-guidebooks-short-walks-made-easy-ocds-h6vhtk-060a07). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED: "Printing Services for Ordnance Survey Guidebooks (Short Walks Made Easy)". Published status: complete. Concession Value: 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:** [ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ordnance-survey-limited-gov-d38)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £144,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/printing-services-for-ordnance-survey-guidebooks-short-walks-made-easy-ocds-h6vhtk-060a07#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060a07`

## 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/printing-services-for-ordnance-survey-guidebooks-short-walks-made-easy-ocds-h6vhtk-060a07#tl-md)

## Description
Ordnance Survey Ltd (OS) is Great Britain’s mapping agency and is responsible for the surveying, production, maintenance and marketing of a wide range of geographic information, relied on by government, business and individuals. Further information can be found on our website http://www.os.uk.  
OS have an established guidebook series called ‘OS Short Walks Made Easy’ (SWME), an individual guidebook sells at a retail price of £8.99. These guidebooks are aimed at customers who are wanting easy-going walks between 2-4 miles. Each guidebook has 10 walks which are aimed at making the outdoors easy for novice walkers, families that are buggy/pram users and people who use a wheelchair or an all-terrain buggy. Each SWME guidebook is 80 pages in total with a front and rear cover.
OS are seeking a Supplier to print stock of the new titles (titles 34-45) and to print stock of any reprints that need completed. Reprints of the current titles are driven by stock levels and may only occur once the existing stock sells out. There is a further requirement for the print production of any new OS guidebooks which OS may introduce during the contract term. The Supplier shall maintain a flexible approach and print any additional books or guidebooks that OS may require.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79800000, 79810000, 79811000, 79820000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Pureprint Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155158`
  - Value: £144,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Printing Services for Ordnance Survey Guidebooks (Short Walks Made Easy) (active)
  - Signed Value: £144,000
  - Signed Date: 02/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004846-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-20T13:55:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:54:56.959Z
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