Official UK procurement notice
Communication and Print Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Framework
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDPS Framework consists of 17 lots covering the full range of services required for communication and print work, these being:
- Lot 1 – Standard Print
- Lot 2 – Mailing and Distribution
- Lot 3 – Courier Services
- Lot 4 – Large Format, Signage and Display Printing
- Lot 5 – Security Printing and Confidential Printing (general)
- Lot 6 – Secure Printing (electoral)
- Lot 7 – Branded Promotional Products, Specialist Printing
- Lot 8 – Creative Design Services, Animation & Artwork for Print and Digital Media
- Lot 9 – Photography and Film Making
- Lot 10 – Illustration
- Lot 11 – Copywriting and Proof-reading
- Lot 12 – Digital Communications (content writing)
- Lot 13 – Marketing Communications
- Lot 14 – Internal & Change Communications
- Lot 15 – External Affairs
- Lot 16 – Media Buying
- Lot 17 – Consultation and Surveys
CPV: Advertising consultancy services · Advertising film production · Advertising, propaganda and information film and video-tape production · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Copyright consultancy services · Design consultancy services · Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package · Entertainment film and video-tape production · Entertainment film production · Film-on-demand television · Foreign-affairs services · Graphic design services · +17 more
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Places
- up to 999 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Communication and Print DPS Framework
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Communication and Print Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Framework” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 999 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2023, 00:24 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Authority reference
73731- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014661- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c566Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 30 Jun 2026, 23:30 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Feb 2026 → 30 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published250 days ago18 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends118 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown30 Jun 2026, 23:30 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
Extension to DPS Framework closing date
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.