Printing Services Tender - Lot 1 Litho Digital Printing and Exhibition Printing /Lot 2 Photocopying and Security Printing

contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05e0a5Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitablepending

Estimated value

Awarded value

Awarded 17 Mar 2026

Suppliers

4

3 SME

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

09 Jun 2026

Description

The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of printing services. This is a contract for three (3) years with the option to extend for two (2) years. This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. The contract duration is for a maximum of five(5) years. The University is not a contracting authority by definition and there Procurement Act 2023 will not apply to this Procurement. All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems and services will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender. The tender will be divided into the following two(2) separate lots. The number of appointees per lot is stated below: Lot 1 Litho, Digital Printing and Exhibition (maximum number of appointees three (3)). Lot 2 Photocopying and Security Printing (maximum number of appointees one (1)). This contract is awarded against the University's standard contract which is included in the tender. The contract is estimated spend over 5 year period.

Scope

Reference
25015
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Feb 2026 to 31 Jan 2029
Possible extension to 31 Jan 2031

Two Twelve Month extension periods subject to acceptable levels of performance.

CPV classifications
79800000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Simple descriptionPlease see tender documentation but below is a simple description Account Management = 15% Experience =10% Service and operational delivery = 15% Sustainability and added value = 10% Pricing = 50% TOTAL = 100%price

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

17 Mar 2026

Contract start

21 Jun 2026

Contract end

31 May 2029

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Litho, Digital Printing and Exhibitioncomplete
2Photocopying and Security Printingcomplete