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title: "External Print Purchase Orders"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078aa2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "University of Greenwich"
published: "2026-10-19"
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# External Print Purchase Orders

Buyer: University of Greenwich  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078aa2

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## Summary

London and South East University Group procured external printing through job-by-job orders, continuing its existing design and print service. The requirement covers printed matter and related products, supplied for the Group’s use in the United Kingdom. This is a goods procurement, rather than a contract for a stated standalone design project: the existing arrangement provides print as individual jobs arise. The work is therefore relevant to print businesses able to supply a range of printed products in response to separate orders and to support continuity with an established design and print process. The Group is based at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich; the procurement identifies the United Kingdom as the delivery country.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to PRINT MATTERS KENT LIMITED. The award date was 12 October 2026, and the contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 July 2027. The awarded value is £350,000 gross. The Group used a direct award, citing the requirement as an extension or partial replacement of existing provision: it considered that changing supplier could result in incompatible goods or services and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. The procurement was organised as a single lot. The published process information does not set out a scored evaluation basis or specific supplier eligibility conditions; the stated reason for selecting the supplier was continuity and compatibility with existing provision.

For a print supplier considering comparable work for this university group, credibility would depend on being able to handle varied external print orders as individual jobs and to work within an established design-and-print process. The outcome shows that continuity and compatibility with existing provision were central to the buyer’s decision: a competing supplier would need to demonstrate how its products and service could fit the buyer’s existing requirements without creating operational or maintenance difficulties. The scale indicated is a substantial, multi-job print requirement over a relatively short contract period, rather than one defined print run. Suppliers whose offer can support a dependable, ongoing flow of printed products are the closest fit for this buyer’s demonstrated purchasing need.

## Notice

This is a continuation of the existing design and print process. Currently print is provided on a job by job basis. The contract value represents an estimate on the usage of this supplier over then next 8 months.

### Procurement Information

The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098452-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £350,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University of Greenwich |
| Locality | GREENWICH |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE10 9LS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |
| ITL 3 | TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich |
| Local authority | Greenwich |
| Electoral ward | East Greenwich |
| Westminster constituency | Greenwich and Woolwich |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PRINT MATTERS KENT LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 22 - Printed matter and related products

### Codes

- 22000000 - Printed matter and related products

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 12:38 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098452-2026
- 19 Oct 2026 at 12:06 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098430-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098452-2026
  19th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098430-2026
  19th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.kent.ac.uk/
- http://www.printmatterskent.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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