Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for Electoral Printing & Postage
Authority: South Ribble Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for delivery of print services for elections and electoral registration within Chorley and South Ribble councils.
The contract will commence January 1st 2027 for an initial 2-year period, with the potential to extend for a further 12 months until December 31st 2029.
The contract is to cover print products during the contract period in relation to: -
a) electoral registration; including the annual electoral registration canvass and specified elements of business-as-usual year-round, and
b) all scheduled and unscheduled elections, in each local authority area.
CPV: Electoral forms · Printing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£300,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Commercial: 25%
- Social Value: 15%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Commercial
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 29 Jun 2026, 15:52 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 15:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
PN0085- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060877- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf61Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
This tender can be found at: www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ under reference: DN820604.
Timeline
29 Jun 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published120 days ago29 Jun 2026, 15:52 BST
- Clarification questions by93 days ago27 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline86 days ago3 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by50 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 64 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 15:52 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Chorley CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender