Official UK procurement notice
IWM/2425/Pub/3391: Publishing Sales and Distribution Services for Imperial War Museums
Authority: Imperial War Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIWM is tendering for a three-year contract to provide Worldwide Sales and Distribution for IWM Publishing wholesale distribution and sales representation, including Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
IWM Publishing produces c.10-12 new titles per year, with an extensive backlist of 60 titles. The successful supplier will provide sales representation for all IWM titles in print and facilitate the B2B wholesale distribution and storage of these titles.
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CPV: Printing and distribution services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£120,000
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)
- Qualitative Evaluation: 47%
- Presentation Stage: 33%
- Cost Evaluation: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Cost Evaluation: Long criteria description
- Qualitative Evaluation: Long criteria description
- Presentation Stage: Long criteria description
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 14 May 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021203- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0512e9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 12 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published14 May 2025, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
- Latest notice published319 days ago12 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Tender notice published14 May 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published12 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete12 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 11 Jul 2025 | Cancelled |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender