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Print & Post Contract 2026

Buyer: Oxford City Council →

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BuyerOxford City Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline24 Dec 2025
Value£865,000
Published10 Jun 2026

What is being bought

A service for printing, collating and mailing both physical and digital council communication to residents, businesses and advertising.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Print & Post Contract 2026

Statusactive
Value£1,763,732

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04ec5e
Latest release ID054661-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jun 10 2026 10:42:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078216-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Jun 2026award, contract054661-2026
27 Feb 2026award, contract017952-2026
28 Nov 2025tender078216-2025
12 Mar 2025planningUpdate009077-2025
12 Mar 2025planning009073-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (5 releases)
10 Jun 2026 · 054661-2026 · award, contract
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12 Mar 2025 · 009077-2025 · planningUpdate
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    },
    "description": "Oxford City Council will be going out to tender later this year for its print/postal services. We will be looking to secure a 4-year contract with the option to extend for a further year. In advance of the tender process, we are carrying out some market engagement as we are keen to work with suppliers who can assist the council in maximising our opportunities. Some key facts are detailed below but are not exhaustive of the full workload:\n-\tWe carry out annual billing resulting in 63,000 council tax bills, 10,000 benefit letters and 4,500 business rate bills being posted in March each year.\n-\tWe have housing stock of 10,000 properties and produce quarterly rent statements and annual rent increase letters.\n-\tMonthly council tax and business rate recovery letters are sent (varying volumes from 1,000 - 3000)\n-\tDaily printing of letters and bills, average 250 council tax bills, 50 business rates and 250 benefit letters\n-\tGeneral daily hybrid mail requests (volumes unknown)",
    "aboveThreshold": true,
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        "postalCode": "OX1 1BX",
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        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009077-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-03-12T16:33:28Z"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-04-07T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "The Council invites suppliers to present to it on Friday 4th April between 9.15am and 3.45pm remotely via Teams. Suppliers wishing to present should choose one of the following slots which will be allocated on a first come first served basis:\n•\t9.15am - 9.50am\n•\t10am - 10.35am\n•\t10.45am - 11.20am\n•\t11.30am - 12.05pm\n•\t12.15pm - 12.50pm\n•\t1.40pm - 2.15pm\n•\t2.25pm - 3pm\n•\t3.10pm - 3.45pm\nThe 35-minute sessions will include the following:\n•\t10 minute - Oxford City Council talking through our known requirements and setting out the timelines around our tendering process.\n•\t20 minute - Presentation from the supplier on what current and future functionality is available in relation to print/post services.\n•\t5 minute - Q&A\nSuppliers should provide details of who will be presenting and their e-mail details so that a Teams invite can be sent.  Please message\nmchandler@oxford.gov.uk"
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12 Mar 2025 · 009073-2025 · planning
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