Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Printing and Other Related Services
Authority: Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking quotes for the provision of a solution that will provide Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) with a framework of suitable suppliers for print services. This will be a call off contract and no commitment to purchasing items. The Authority will place an order at its discretion as on when required basis.
The Authority requires print services by multiple team and departments to support their work in reducing fire risk, supporting business to understand their responsibilities through promotional material used at events. On a day-to-day basis there is the occasional need for such as different formats of printing such as display banners.
The requirement is a single source contract.
Other print requirements include: -
- Promotional material (Posters, leaflets)
- Staff Communications (Magazines and leaflets)
- Presentation (Banners)
- Brochures (For event ceremonies)
The requirements range from planned printed based on business-as-usual work to support our work in the community through to event or urgent requirements requiring a short turnaround.
The Authority invited suppliers to a quote process in order to award the contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 17 Sept 2025, 09:33 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2025, 09:33 BST
- Authority reference
1552- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057175- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059beaFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Sept 2025, 09:33 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press to Print Reading LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Printing Other Related Services · Press to Print Reading LtdSME
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2025
- Value
- £55,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The option to extend for a further three years in one-year intervals.
4 agreed KPIs: Print Quality and Accuracy · Turnaround Time Compliance · Sustainable Printing Practices …
- Print Quality and Accuracy, Percentage of print jobs delivered meeting defined quality standards on first delivery should be target at 99.9% this will be measured by random sample checks and user feedback.
- Turnaround Time Compliance, Percentage of urgent orders delivered within three working days will be target at 95% this will be determined by order timestamp vs. delivery timestamp.
- Sustainable Printing Practices, Percentage of jobs completed using recycled or environmentally certified materials will be target at 99.9%. This will be measured by quarterly sustainability report and indication or narration on materials used.
- Order Tracking and Proofing Efficiency, Percentage of jobs with successful use of the online ordering/proofing platform, where applicable this will be target at 99.9%. this can be measured by system-generated logs or via email request and user feedback.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Press to Print Reading LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender