Notice Information
Notice Title
CAMBRIDGE MATTERS and OPEN DOOR MAGAZINE-DELIVERY
Notice Description
Cambridge City Council are seeking a supplier to deliver two separate residents' magazines- Cambridge Matters and Open Door. Cambridge Matters is Cambridge City Council's magazine for residents, to be delivered to all residential households in the city as a 16-page, full colour, A4 sized magazine. Open Door is Cambridge City Council's tenant and leaseholder magazine, to be delivered to 7700 specified residential properties in the city as a 16-page, full colour, A4 sized magazine. The Council would like to contract a supplier to deliver the magazine three times per year. The council's requirement is for a supplier to liaise with our nominated printers and manage the delivery of the magazine. The Cambridge Matters magazine will go to all 53,500+ residential properties in the city, of those, Open Door will only be delivered to 7,700 specified residential properties. Address data will be provided for the 7700 Open Door properties. We welcome recommendations for how best to achieve this outcome.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06aba9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066978-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
64100000 - Post and courier services
64110000 - Postal services
64120000 - Courier services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £35,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £35,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- £115,998 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Jul 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jun 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Jul 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAMBRIDGE CITY 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
- CAMBRIDGE
- Postcode
- CB2 1BY
- Post Town
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Cambridge
- Electoral Ward
- Market
- Westminster Constituency
- Cambridge
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066978-2026
15th July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051981-2026
2nd June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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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