Purchase of specialist binding equipment

TJ Books Limited is a leading UK manufacturer of books, printed in mono or colour. The books are printed lithographically or digitally depending on customer requirement or cost of manufacture and are either hardback or softback. The company has been in Padstow since 1970 and currently produces around 7 million books per annum, employing around 125 employees. The company is looking to invest in a new digital book binding line. The investment will improve our production capacity and flexibility and allow us to utilise a new digital printing press that has recently been purchased. The new printing press and binding capacity will allow us to expand into new markets where short run high quality was not possible as well as increase flexibility to current customers and attract new customers. The increased capacity will require increased manning. The purchase of the binding line is part of a grant funded application process and therefore procurement will be subject to grant approval of the project as a whole. We will compare tenders received on a compliance basis and is awarded on the lowest compliant tender.