RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · tender 115 days to close

Southampton City Council

DPS for Design, Print and Related Services

Print & PublishingCPV 22000000
Value£700k
Deadline16 Nov 2026
Published17 Nov 2022
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Nov 2022115 days leftCloses 16 Nov 2026
Who to contact
Kate Tarrant
Kate.tarrant@southampton.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£700ktotal contract value
median £92k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Printed Matter & Publishing — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,467 valued Printed Matter & Publishing tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

DPS for Design, Print and Related Services

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03861d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
032644-2022
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