Provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services

Description: Scope The Home Office is seeking to engage with suppliers interested in delivering a secure, end-to-end passport manufacturing and personalisation service. This includes the secure design artwork, manufacturing, and personalisation of UK passports and related travel documents under a new contract planned to commence September 2027, to replace the current agreement ahead of its scheduled expiry in 2029. This is a second round of market engagement following up on the first round which concluded in August 2025. Description HM Passport Office (HMPO) issues approximately 8 million passports annually and is the sole provider of passports to British nationals globally. The current contract, held by Thales, covers: * UK e-passports and variants for Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories * Official, Diplomatic, Emergency, and Temporary e-passports * Biometric Travel (read more...)

Summary: The contract for the provision of Passport Manufacturing and Personalisation Services is being managed by the Home Office, located at 2 Marsham Street, London. This procurement is in the planning stage, focusing on securing services for producing and personalising UK passports. Currently, the Home Office is conducting its second round of market engagement for this procurement process. Interested suppliers must register on the Home Office’s eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER) and complete necessary steps by 19th December 2025 to participate in the Market Engagement Event on 13th January 2026. This procurement process aims to replace the existing contract in 2027 and involves engagement through a competitive tender process, scheduled to continue until the projected contract start date of September 2027.

EU_936- The supply of textbooks to the British Council France

Description: The British Council in France is looking for book suppliers to provide us with the coursebooks we will be needing for our sponsored students and, in the future, with the coursebooks we will be needing on our intensive courses. We would like to set up a framework agreement. The numbers would vary year on year, an estimate would be between 200 - 500 to be confirmed as the courses are launched.

Summary: The British Council is seeking suppliers to provide textbooks for its activities in France under the title "EU_936- The supply of textbooks to the British Council France." This procurement falls within the goods category and is part of the education materials industry. The process is open competition, below the threshold, with electronic submissions allowed until 6 January 2026. The contract period is set from 14 January 2026 to 11 January 2030. The British Council, a public authority of sub-central government, requires delivery to France, emphasising cooperation with book suppliers for a range of 200 to 500 textbooks annually.

Postal and Print Services

Description: The Student Loans Company intend to tender for Postal and Print related services. The preferred supplier(s) will be required to provide Transactional print, the delivery of letters and documents within the UK and Overseas , the return of customer documents and offer Hybrid Mail services across all four sites. NB This notice replaces the requirement originally notified under the previous Postal Services UK1 Notice for Postal Services (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-027405; Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-052601) published 25 May 2025, 5:51pm

Summary: The procurement process initiated by the Student Loans Company is currently in the planning stage, aimed at securing Postal and Print Services. Classified as a central government public authority, the company is located in Darlington, United Kingdom. This planned competitive flexible procedure seeks suppliers capable of providing transactional print, letter delivery, and document return services within the UK and overseas, as well as Hybrid Mail services across four sites. The official tender notice will follow on 14th January 2026, with the contract period anticipated to start on 1st October 2026 and conclude on 30th September 2029.

Supply of design and manufacture of interpretation panels

Description: Monmouthshire County Council is seeking a suitably qualified consultant/consultant team to design, manufacture and install interpretation panels and signage for Mill Common, Undy.Mill Common woodland is located within the historic Gwent Levels Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest. It is an integral woodland within Magor and Undy that has experiencing degradation due to insufficient management and absence of a strategic plan. The council has received grant funding to through the TWIG scheme to address the management challenges and bring the woodland into the Welsh National Forest.* This project aims to enhance the visitor experience by improving the availability of information on site, to raise awareness of the woodland wildlife within the context of a wider landscape, and to assist visitor orientation in relation to connections to off-site open spaces (read more...)

Summary: Monmouthshire County Council is inviting tenders for the supply, design, and manufacture of interpretation panels and signage at Mill Common, Undy. This site is part of the Gwent Levels Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest, located in the historic Usk area. The project, supported by the TWIG scheme grant, aims to enhance visitor experience, improve information accessibility, and preserve the woodland environment as part of the Welsh National Forest initiative. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, open to anonymous electronic submissions via the Sell2Wales website. Business responses must be submitted by 29th December 2025 at noon, with awards concluding by 6th January 2026. The industry category falls within services, specifically targeting printed materials and consultation services.

GBR Online Retail - Market Engagement

Description: Background This preliminary market engagement exercise is being conducted by DfT Operator Limited (DFTO) on the basis described in this notice and in the accompanying documents. The Fares, Ticketing and Retail (FTR) Programme brings together teams from across the rail industry to transform how passengers purchase and use tickets. By modernising outdated fares, enhancing the passenger experience and unlocking retail innovation, the FTR Programme will improve passenger journeys, drive commercial growth and achieve greater cost efficiency across the rail network. We intend to make retail, easy, reliable and smart for passengers using modern technology to bring excellence to the experience. The retail experience will be built on a tech stack containing future-facing technology allowing us to take advantage of retail technical advances as these appear. Through bringing together (read more...)

Summary: The procurement process titled "GBR Online Retail - Market Engagement" is initiated by DFT Operator Limited, in collaboration with the Department for Transport. It falls under the services industry category, with the main focus on software packages, information systems, and transport tickets. The procurement is located in London, United Kingdom, and is currently in the planning stage. The procurement process involves a series of market engagement activities, commencing with an online supplier session scheduled for 11th December 2025, ahead of the procurement start date slated for 2nd January 2027. Suppliers interested in participating must express interest and complete a Non-Disclosure Agreement by 8th December 2025. This initiative is part of the Fares, Ticketing and Retail Programme aimed at transforming how passengers purchase and use tickets.

The Marketplace

Description: Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of a digital platform providing marketplace, catalogue management and autonomous sourcing solutions to facilitate purchasing of goods and commoditised services across the public sector, to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including but not limited to Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. The solution aims to deliver end users access to a broad pre-qualified and dynamic supplier base, capable of offering a wide range of goods and commoditised services available for purchase and delivery through a digital platform.

Summary: The Crown Commercial Service is initiating a significant procurement process titled "The Marketplace," focusing on the establishment of a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement. This digital platform procurement aims to streamline the purchasing of goods and commoditised services across the UK public sector, including various government bodies such as Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue services, Education, and Devolved Administrations. With a robust budget of £1 billion, the tender will ensure a comprehensive and dynamic supplier base. The procurement stage is currently active with an end date for tender submissions set for 13th January 2026. The contracting will cover regions across the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey. Using an open, competitive flexible procedure, the procurement process involves multiple assessment stages, including compliance checks, exclusion grounds, and dialogue stages.

Marketing Manchester ITT for the Provision of new Creative Concept, Film and Photography

Description: Marketing Manchester (MM), part of the Growth Company (GC), is looking to appoint a supplier to produce a new creative concept to be used within leisure marketing campaigns and activity that promote Manchester as a desirable place to visit on a seasonal basis, encouraging people to stay overnight, driving business for the city's accommodation providers in low season (January-March and June-August). The supplier will need to undertake or work with a trusted, proven partner of their own to undertake robust audience testing on the creative concept across domestic audiences, as well as within international markets. This creative concept will be used across campaigns for a minimum of two years and therefore must also have capacity to evolve. The supplier will then use the creative concept, informed by the (read more...)

Summary: Marketing Manchester, a division of The Growth Company, has initiated a public procurement process titled "Marketing Manchester ITT for the Provision of new Creative Concept, Film and Photography" under the open procedure procurement method. The tender invites suppliers to develop a creative concept for leisure marketing campaigns promoting Manchester as a desirable overnight destination. Potential suppliers must conduct robust audience testing for both domestic and international markets, ensuring the concept's adaptability for the city’s Spring/Summer 2026 campaign. The tender, focusing primarily on services, is categorised under photographs and advertising campaign services with a CPV code of 22315000. Interested parties should submit tenders via the Panacea Supplier Platform by the deadline of 10:00 am on Monday, 15th December 2025, with the contract period commencing on 5th January 2026 and concluding on 1st May 2026.

PQ0624 Supply of Plastic Waste Sacks for Birmingham City Council

Description: Birmingham City Council is aiming to procure a supplier to provide plastic waste sacks for Birmingham City Council's Waste Service. This procurement exercise is a high-value quotation. These waste sacks are needed to meet the Council's business as usual needs. The deadline for the submission of your tender is: 12pm - 17/12/2025. If you have any further questions about this tender, please use the Intend project correspondence function and please read the procurement documentation carefully. The deadline for the submission of your clarification questions is: 12pm 10/12/2025

Summary: Birmingham City Council is inviting tenders for the supply of plastic waste sacks to support their Waste Service operations. This procurement process, currently in the tender stage, is a high-value quotation exercise open for submission via the e-procurement portal In-tend. The process is being conducted as an open competition with an emphasis on both quality and price evaluation criteria. Interested suppliers must submit their tenders by 12pm on 17th December 2025, while the deadline for any clarification questions is 12pm on 10th December 2025. The main procurement category is goods, with the industry classifications including refuse and waste-related services, plastic products, and printed matter. The contract period is set to begin on 16th February 2026 and end on 15th February 2027.

The Provision of Graphic Design and Printing Services to support Blaenau Gwent Countryside Access: Promoting Walking in Blaenau Gwent

Description: The Access Team is responsible for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council's ("the Council") countryside access and Public Rights of Way Network. This year, one of our main priorities is the promotion of walking in the rural areas of the borough. With our partners, we are working to encourage more people to discover the unique heritage and natural landscape of Blaenau Gwent on foot, while taking advantage of local hospitality and welcoming places to stay along the way. A key part of our project is the development and marketing of a series new promoted walks which will showcase Blaenau Gwent's finest landscape, heritage and local character alongside the refreshing of publications in relation to existing promoted routes within the borough. The Council is inviting proposals to develop the brand (read more...)

Summary: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is currently in the tender stage of procuring graphic design and printing services to promote walking in the region. This open competition is aimed at developing the brand identity and promotional materials for new and existing walking routes in Blaenau Gwent. Located in the UK region UKL16, the procurement falls under the services category with a CPV classification of Printing and related services. The tendering process initiated on 25 November 2025, and proposals must be submitted by 10 December 2025 at noon. Questions regarding the tender can be addressed until 3 December 2025. The contract, worth a gross amount of £36,000, is set to commence on 12 January 2026 and conclude on 30 June 2026.

Out and About in the North York Moors magazine 2026

Description: The Authority is seeking quotations for the printing, finishing and delivery of the Out and About in the North York Moors magazine 2026. Format: 52 inside pages plus a four-page cover, finished trimmed size approximately 270mm deep by 190mm wide, portrait. Paper: * Insides: 70gsm near woodfree silk * Cover: 115gsm woodfree gloss All stock must be FSC certified. Print: Full colour throughout. Artwork will be supplied electronically and must be printed with bleed. Finishing: Book fold, two-wire stitched and trimmed to size. Quantities: 80,000 - 90,000 copies. Please provide quotations for each quantity. Timescale: Print by February 2026 (date to be confirmed). Proofs: Page proofs on the selected stock must be provided before full production. Delivery: Bundled, under-wrapped and cross-strapped, bulk packed on pallets and delivered to (read more...)

Summary: The North York Moors National Park Authority is inviting quotations for the printing, finishing, and delivery of the "Out and About in the North York Moors" magazine 2026. This is a tender opportunity, part of an open procurement process for goods in the industry category of printed matter and related products. The project involves producing quantities between 80,000 and 90,000 copies, with the deadline for submissions set for 19th December 2025 at 12:00. The tender, currently active, concerns delivery within the United Kingdom, specifically regions UKE2 and UKE. Printing must be completed by February 2026, with proofs required prior to full production.