Official UK procurement notice
Printing of Wigan Council's Resident's Magazine Borough Life 2022 - 2023 (2025)
Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWigan Council is looking for an experienced provider to print ‘Borough Life’, Wigan Council’s
resident’s magazine. Flexibility and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential.
Borough Life was the winner of the Best Corporate Publication at the CorpComms Awards in
2016 in the ‘Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Organisations’ category. Copy, design and
photography for the magazine are all done in house. You can familiarise yourself with Wigan
Council via www.wigan.gov.uk ↗. You can also download a pdf of Borough Life from the
website www.wigan.gov.uk/BoroughLife ↗.
There are three editions of Borough Life per year and these have historically been published
in February, July and November. Where possible, Wigan Council will endeavour to provide
three months’ notice of the publication date required for each edition. The first edition to be
printed under this contract will be in November 2022.
The required printing of the magazine per edition under this Specification is as follows:
148,000 copies per edition (to be delivered by the printer to the distributor); and, 9,600
copies packed in boxes of 100 copies per box per edition (bulk deliveries – delivered by the
printer to the distributor); and, 1,000 copies delivered to Wigan Town Hall. Additional copies
may be required for certain print runs e.g. to coincide with the Wigan 10 Kilometre run up to
5,000 additional copies (3,000 currently needed) or if there is a more general increase to
the numbers of copies required.
A Specification for the printing of the magazine is included within the Invitation to Tender
document.
It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of 1 year with two 12-month extension options to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council.
The deadline for the receipt of final tender bids is Tuesday 16th August 2022 at 17:00.
CPV: For booklets · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines · Printed books, brochures and leaflets · Printing and related services · Publishing services · Services related to printing
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Wigan Council is looking for an experienced provider to print ‘Borough Life’, Wigan…Published value£170,000
Wigan Council is looking for an experienced provider to print ‘Borough Life’, Wigan Council’s resident’s magazine. Flexibility and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential. Borough Life was the winner of the Best Corporate Publication at the CorpComms Awards in 2016 in the ‘Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Organisations’ category. Copy, design and photography for the magazine are all done in house. You can familiarise yourself with Wigan Council via www.wigan.gov.uk ↗. You can also download a pdf of Borough Life from the website www.wigan.gov.uk/BoroughLife ↗.
There are three editions of Borough Life per year and these have historically been published in February, July and November. Where possible, Wigan Council will endeavour to provide three months’ notice of the publication date required for each edition. The first edition to be printed under this contract will be in November 2022.
The required printing of the magazine per edition under this Specification is as follows: 148,000 copies per edition (to be delivered by the printer to the distributor); and, 9,600 copies packed in boxes of 100 copies per box per edition (bulk deliveries – delivered by the printer to the distributor); and, 1,000 copies delivered to Wigan Town Hall. Additional copies may be required for certain print runs e.g. to coincide with the Wigan 10 Kilometre run up to 5,000 additional copies (3,000 currently needed) or if there is a more general increase to the numbers of copies required.
A Specification for the printing of the magazine is included within the Invitation to Tender document.
It is intended that the contract will run for a period of 2 years with a 1-year extension option to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council.
The deadline for the receipt of final tender bids is Tuesday 16th August 2022 at 17:00.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jul 2022, 08:43 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2022, 11:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN622195- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020446- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03523bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Aug 2022, 10:00 BST
Timeline
27 Jul 2022 → 17 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published27 Jul 2022, 11:41 BST
- Submission deadline16 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened17 Aug 2022, 10:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextTitle · II.1.1 | Printing of Wigan Council's Resident's Magazine Borough Life 2022 - 2024 (2025) | Printing of Wigan Council's Resident's Magazine Borough Life 2022 - 2023 (2025) | |
| — | TextShort Description · II.1.4 | It is intended that the contract will run for a period of 2 years with a 1-year extension option to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council. | It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of 1 year with two 12-month extension options to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council. | |
| — | TextDescription of the Procurement · II.2.4 | It is intended that the contract will run for a period of 2 years with a 1-year extension option to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council. | It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of 1 year with two 12-month extension options to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.