Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters YPO, CCS, ESPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions)
Notice Description
Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters. Blackpool Council is calling off YPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions) Blackpool Council hosts a shared Revenues and Benefits Service for Blackpool and Fylde Borough Councils and is looking to identify and appoint a single service provider for the provision of specialist printing services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters. The Council also require the service provider to produce daily Council Tax and Business Rates documents. This includes, but would not be limited to, the production of Bills, Adjustment Notices, Reminders, Final Notices, Summonses and Recovery documents. There may be the requirement for additional documents requested by Central Government or the Council to accompany the letters, the Council will notify the successful bidder if they are required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-65d10650-1528-4f0b-b749-253a50c6414b
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c4dc2ea-3a1e-404d-acd1-3f23beb1469e
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64110000 - Postal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,250,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 13 Jan 2026 - 12 Jan 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BLACKPOOL COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BLACKPOOL
- Postcode
- FY1 1NF
- Post Town
- Blackpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD42 Blackpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Blackpool
- Electoral Ward
- Talbot
- Westminster Constituency
- Blackpool South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c4dc2ea-3a1e-404d-acd1-3f23beb1469e
12th February 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-b5fd17-65d10650-1528-4f0b-b749-253a50c6414b-2026-02-12T13:42:23Z",
"date": "2026-02-12T13:42:23Z",
"ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-65d10650-1528-4f0b-b749-253a50c6414b",
"language": "en",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "PM2025CTB",
"title": "Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters YPO, CCS, ESPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions)",
"description": "Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters. Blackpool Council is calling off YPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions) Blackpool Council hosts a shared Revenues and Benefits Service for Blackpool and Fylde Borough Councils and is looking to identify and appoint a single service provider for the provision of specialist printing services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters. The Council also require the service provider to produce daily Council Tax and Business Rates documents. This includes, but would not be limited to, the production of Bills, Adjustment Notices, Reminders, Final Notices, Summonses and Recovery documents. There may be the requirement for additional documents requested by Central Government or the Council to accompany the letters, the Council will notify the successful bidder if they are required.",
"status": "complete",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "64110000",
"description": "Postal services"
},
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "North West",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
{
"region": "North West",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
]
}
],
"value": {
"amount": 1250000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"procurementMethod": "selective",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
"tenderPeriod": {
"endDate": "2025-12-01T12:00:00Z"
},
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2026-01-13T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2031-01-12T23:59:59Z"
},
"suitability": {
"sme": true,
"vcse": false
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services"
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-LAE-BPL",
"name": "BLACKPOOL COUNCIL",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "BLACKPOOL COUNCIL",
"scheme": "GB-LAE",
"id": "BPL"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS",
"locality": "BLACKPOOL",
"postalCode": "FY11NF",
"countryName": "England"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Paul Mullane",
"email": "Paul.Mullane@Blackpool.gov.uk",
"telephone": "01253 478378"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
]
},
{
"id": "GB-COH-SC160484",
"name": "Critiqom Limited trading as Mail Metrics",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Critiqom Limited trading as Mail Metrics",
"scheme": "GB-COH",
"id": "SC160484"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Phoenix Crescent, Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill, ML4 3NJ"
},
"details": {
"scale": "sme",
"vcse": false
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
]
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-LAE-BPL",
"name": "BLACKPOOL COUNCIL"
},
"awards": [
{
"id": "ocds-b5fd17-65d10650-1528-4f0b-b749-253a50c6414b-1",
"status": "active",
"date": "2026-01-12T00:00:00Z",
"datePublished": "2026-02-12T11:21:29Z",
"value": {
"amount": 1250000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-COH-SC160484",
"name": "Critiqom Limited trading as Mail Metrics"
}
],
"contractPeriod": {
"startDate": "2026-01-13T00:00:00Z",
"endDate": "2031-01-12T23:59:59Z"
},
"documents": [
{
"id": "1",
"documentType": "awardNotice",
"description": "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder",
"url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c4dc2ea-3a1e-404d-acd1-3f23beb1469e",
"datePublished": "2026-02-12T11:21:29Z",
"format": "text/html",
"language": "en",
"dateModified": "2026-02-12T13:42:23Z"
}
]
}
]
}