Notice Information
Notice Title
CSW - Electoral Printing (2026)
Notice Description
Coventry City Council led on a joint tender with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the supply of electoral printing and associated services, this includes personalisation and direct mailing. This is seen as a specialist market with the majority of context being prescribed by law. The tender is split into 2 lots and we have appointed 1 supplier per lot: Lot 1 - Elections Lot 2 - Annual canvass and weekly print
Lot Information
Elections
For Local Elections, Parliamentary Elections, Police and Crime Commissioner, Combined Authority and other elections - poll cards with maps, absent voter cards and unoccupied property poll cards, ballot papers, large print ballot papers, braille ballot papers and absent voter packs
Annual canvass, annual postal vote re-application and weekly printRegister of Electors annual canvass printing, annual postal vote re-application process and weekly print requirements to meet statutory requirements
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d395
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027315-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
22821000 - Electoral forms
79810000 - Printing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,485,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,485,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,485,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £2,485,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Dec 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Feb 2026 - 23 Feb 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-10-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 5RR
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG32 Solihull
- Delivery Location
- TLG32 Solihull, TLG33 Coventry
-
- Local Authority
- Solihull
- Electoral Ward
- St Alphege
- Westminster Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027315-2026
25th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000766-2026
6th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068284-2025
24th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
www.csw-jets.co.uk
Tenderers shall access the tender documents via the Council's e-procurement portal. Registration (free) and sign-in required.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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