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Daily Printing and Postage of Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits Documents

BOROUGH COUNCIL OF KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK

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Planning

27 Jul 2026 at 07:55

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk is in the planning stage for a tender titled "Daily Printing and Postage of Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits Documents." This procurement process, currently in its planning phase as of 27th July 2026, involves services related to printing and postal activities primarily for council tax bills, business rates bills, and other correspondence. The process includes a preliminary market engagement phase, with written responses to specific questions required by 7th August 2026. This will be followed by potential MS Teams meetings for further discussion. The procurement targets the 'services' industry within the UKH16 region in the United Kingdom, demonstrating a structured approach before moving towards the next stages such as the tender announcement, anticipated by 16th August 2026.

This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in postal and printing services, particularly those that can manage large-scale document handling and distribution. The anticipated contract value grossing £540,000 over an initial two-year period, with the potential for extensions, promises substantial engagement for capable firms. Businesses adept in handling high-volume and time-sensitive communication for public sector clients would be ideally suited to compete for this contract. The procurement, which is above the standard threshold, favours entities that can ensure efficient, reliable service delivery within the constraints of tight deadlines, enhancing their portfolio and fostering potential long-term public sector partnerships.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Daily Printing and Postage of Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits Documents

Notice Description

The Council intend to award a contract for a provider to manage the daily and ad-hoc printing and postage of Revenues and Benefits documents including council tax bills, business rates bills, benefit letters, recovery notices and general outgoing post. This does not currently include the annual billing mailings. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-King%27s-Lynn:-Postal-services-related-to-letters./S69MM3K6X3 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/S69MM3K6X3

Planning Information

The exercise will consist of written responses to the areas of the Pre-Market engagement document identified as requiring response. The Council reserves the right to hold subsequent meetings with those that have responded to the written questions (Participants). Any such meetings would be to discuss the responses to the questions in further detail, and would be held via MS TEAMS.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d3d3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070544-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

64 - Postal and telecommunications services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

64112000 - Postal services related to letters

79800000 - Printing and related services

79810000 - Printing services

79820000 - Services related to printing

79823000 - Printing and delivery services

79824000 - Printing and distribution services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£450,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jul 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
16 Aug 20262 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
22 Oct 2026 - 22 Oct 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BOROUGH COUNCIL OF KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
KING'S LYNN
Postcode
PE30 1EX
Post Town
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH52 North and West Norfolk
Delivery Location
TLH16 North and West Norfolk
Local Authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Electoral Ward
St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas
Westminster Constituency
North West Norfolk

Further Information

Notice Documents

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