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

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BuyerORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published20 Jan 2026

What is being bought

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.

Lot details

Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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Special regimeconcession
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Selection criteriaNot published
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Contracts

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

Statusactive
Value£144,000

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060a07
Latest release ID004846-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jan 20 2026 13:55:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - without competition
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 source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
20 Jan 2026award, contract004846-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
20 Jan 2026 · 004846-2026 · award, contract
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