Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Election Services
Notice Description
Angus Council, Dundee City Council and Perth & Kinross Council has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider or providers for the provision of Electoral Services from 2025 initially to 2028 to cover any Scottish Parliamentary Elections, UK Parliamentary Elections, Local Government Elections, Local Government By Elections or Referendum. This is to include: 1. Printing and Issuing of Postal Voting Packs and Printing of Ordinary and Tendered Ballot Packs. 2. Absent Vote Personal Identifier Verification System (PVMS) 3. Printing and Postage of Poll Cards
Lot Information
Printing and Issuing of Postal Voting Packs and Printing of Ordinary and Tendered Ballot Papers:
The printing of all ballot papers (including ordinary, tendered and postal ballot papers) for all elections, by-elections and refenda (with the exception of scheduled Scottish local government elections which are covered by the Scottish Government Framework Agreement) held during the Contract Period. The printing of postal voting packs (including postal ballot paper(s), outer envelope addressed to the postal voter, envelope A, envelope B, postal voting statement, instruction sheet and any other inserts required) and associated issuing functions including the collation, quality checking, sealing and posting of packs via Royal Mail or other postal provider of first class postal services for all elections and referenda during the Contract Period.
Renewal: 2 x 12 month renewal options
Absent Vote Personal Identifier Verification System (Postal Vote Managed Service)A Managed Service to verify absent vote personal identifiers on postal votes
Renewal: 2 x 12 month renewal options
Printing and Postage of Poll CardsThe printing of all types of Poll Cards (including but not limited to: elector voting in person; elector who has appointed a proxy; electors proxy; postal and postal proxy Poll Card) along with the delivery.
Renewal: 2 x 12 month renewal options
Combination of provision for Lots 1, 2 and 3Combination of provision for Lots 1, 2 and 3 buy a single supplier. Additional information: Contract notice for all three lots with total contract value noted just for Angus Council. Dundee and Perth to issue their own notice
Renewal: 2 x 12 month renewal options
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c1bc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002806-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72140000 - Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services
72313000 - Data capture services
79820000 - Services related to printing
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £595,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Dec 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ANGUS COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- contracts@pkc.gov.uk, eprocurement@dundeecity.gov.uk, procurement@angus.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1382434000, +44 1738475000, +44 3452777778
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FORFAR
- Postcode
- DD8 1AP
- Post Town
- Dundee
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM71 Angus and Dundee City, TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
-
- Local Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Electoral Ward
- Perth City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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.
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