---
title: "Document, Communication & Print Management, & Associated Goods & Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07806d"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07806d"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07806d.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07806d.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-10-05"
---

# Document, Communication & Print Management, & Associated Goods & Services

Buyer: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07806d

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07806d)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07806d.json)

## Summary

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council procured document, communication and print management services, covering high-volume transactional mail and smaller hybrid mailings. The bulk service handles statutory communications such as Council Tax, Business Rates, Benefits and election material, including data handling, formatting, letter templates, printing and postal delivery. Hybrid mail provides secure printing and delivery of smaller, ad hoc mailings for the Council’s internal departments. This is printing and related services (CPV 79800000), delivered for the Council in Dudley. The requirement brings together both large-scale statutory correspondence and flexible departmental mail, so it spans data processing and document production as well as physical distribution.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited. The contract was signed on 1 October 2026 and is active, with a value of £4,170,112. The published award date is not recorded. The Council used a limited award procedure without a prior competition, as an approved call-off under the HealthTrust Europe LLP framework for document, communication and print management and associated goods and services. The requirement was arranged as one lot, with price as the stated award criterion. The procurement record reports one bid for the lot. The lot is marked cancelled, although the award and contract are recorded as active; the data does not resolve this conflicting status.

This award shows that Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council buys a combined service for statutory bulk mail and smaller internal hybrid mailings, rather than printing alone. A credible supplier for a similar requirement would need to manage sensitive council data, prepare and format communications using templates, print at high volume, and coordinate reliable postal delivery. The hybrid element also calls for secure handling of smaller, ad hoc departmental jobs alongside the larger scheduled workloads. The selected supplier was a large company, and the reported single bid indicates that this procurement drew limited competition; it does not establish a minimum capacity or a particular accreditation requirement. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate dependable document production and fulfilment across both service models. The route used was a call-off from the HealthTrust Europe framework, so framework access would be relevant to competing through the same purchasing route.

## Notice

Bulk/Transactional Mail: High-volume, statutory communications (e.g., Council Tax, Business Rates, Benefits, Election material. Data Management Handling, formatting, letter templates, printing and postal services. Hybrid Mail: Secure, efficient printing and delivery of smaller, ad-hoc office mailings from internal departments.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Bulk/Transactional Mail: High-volume, statutory communications (e.g., Council Tax, Business Rates, Benefits, Election material. Data Management Handling, formatting, letter templates, printing and postal services. Hybrid Mail: Secure, efficient printing and delivery of smaller, ad-hoc office mailings from internal departments.

### Procurement Information

Approved call off via Call-Off Contract under the HealthTrust Europe LLP Framework Agreement for the supply of Document, Communication & Print Management, & Associated goods & services

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093663-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,170,112 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | DUDLEY |
| Postcode area | Dudley |
| Postcode | DY1 1HF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG36 Dudley |
| Local authority | Dudley |
| Electoral ward | St. James's |
| Westminster constituency | Dudley |
| Delivery location | TLG36 Dudley |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79800000 - Printing and related services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2026 at 10:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093663-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/Home

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07806d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07806d.json.