Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Newspapers to the Parliamentary Estate
Notice Description
The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons and the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (the Authority) are seeking a supplier for the provision of newspapers to the Parliamentary Estate. The Authority requires the timely delivery of national, regional and international newspapers and a limited selection of periodicals to an offsite consolidation centre, from where the Authority will arrange onward delivery to designated locations across the Estate. These publications must be made available to Members of Parliament, Members of the House of Lords, and Parliamentary staff on the day of publication. Responses to this opportunity should be submitted via our procurement portal, Atamis. To register, please visit: https://atamis-ukparliament.my.site.com/s/Welcome. Once registration is complete, the opportunity can be located and accessed through the portal. Please note that tenderers will not be able to access tender documents or submit a response until the tender response window opens.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract will be awarded for an initial period of three (3) years, with options to extend by up to two (2) further one-year periods. Any extension will be exercised at the Authority's discretion to ensure continuity of service, maintain value for money, and subject to satisfactory supplier performance and ongoing business need.
Planning Information
Request for Information deadline is 29/10/25.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cd95
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003095-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
22200000 - Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
22210000 - Newspapers
64111000 - Postal services related to newspapers and periodicals
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £712,500 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £712,500 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jan 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Mar 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Feb 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 4 May 2026 - 4 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-02-28
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CORPORATE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Parliamentary Commercial Department
- Contact Email
- pcd@parliament.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1A 0AA
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLI32 Westminster
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003095-2026
14th January 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065725-2025
15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065723-2025
15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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