Printed books: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 22110000·Supplies · class·in Printed matter and related products
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 37 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
22113000 Library books43 notices · 43%22110000 Printed books32 notices · 32%22112000 Textbooks17 notices · 17%22111000 School books12 notices · 12%22114000 Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books8 notices · 8%22114300 Maps4 notices · 4%22114400 Printed music4 notices · 4%22114100 Dictionaries3 notices · 3%- Newspapers 32 · 12m
- Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines 26 · 12m
- Printed books, brochures and leaflets 17 · 12m
- Security-type printed matter 10 · 12m
- Publications 9 · 12m
- Forms 9 · 12m
- Postcards 8 · 12m
- Manuals 4 · 12m
- Trade-advertising material, commercial catalogues and manuals 4 · 12m
- Paper or paperboard registers 2 · 12m
- All of Printed matter and related products →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Education & universities36%(36 notices)
36 of 101 notices are Education & universities (36%).Local authorities25%(25 notices)
25 of 101 notices are Local authorities (25%).Central government18%(18 notices)
18 of 101 notices are Central government (18%).Other public bodies6%(6 notices)
6 of 101 notices are Other public bodies (6%).NHS & health2%(2 notices)
2 of 101 notices are NHS & health (2%).Not classified14%(14 notices)
14 of 101 notices are Not classified (14%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | Education & universities | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| University of the West of England | Education & universities | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| the Education Authority | Central government | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| British Library | not classified | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Education Authority NI | Education & universities | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| APUC Ltd | Other public bodies | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| ASTON UNIVERSITY | Education & universities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| British Council | Local authorities | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Department for Education | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
50 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 68 of 101 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract69%(70 notices)
70 of 101 notices are Contract (69%).Framework31%(31 notices)
31 of 101 notices are Framework (31%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open43%(43 notices)
43 of 101 notices are Open (43%).Route not published29%(29 notices)
29 of 101 notices are Route not published (29%).Direct award15%(15 notices)
15 of 101 notices are Direct award (15%).Limited / restricted12%(12 notices)
12 of 101 notices are Limited / restricted (12%).Selective2%(2 notices)
2 of 101 notices are Selective (2%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold82%(9 notices)
9 of 11 notices are Above threshold (82%).Below threshold18%(2 notices)
2 of 11 notices are Below threshold (18%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (46) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
7 of 29 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 17 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
14 of 33 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
1 of 46 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 35 lots from 9 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 71 awards to 43 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 27% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Proquest LLC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Browns Books | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| ULVERSCROFT LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Taylor & Francis Limited | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| BOLINDA UK LTD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 27 of 101 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 2211. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- 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.