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Swale Borough Council

Print and / or Distribution of Inside Swale Magazine (A1160)

Print & PublishingCPV 22000000 64100000 79824000
Value£76k
Awarded21 Oct 2024
Published8 Nov 2024
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£76ktotal contract value
median £92k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Printed Matter & Publishing band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,467 valued Printed Matter & Publishing tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Swale Borough Council is inviting Expressions of Interest to tender for Print and/or distribution of Inside Swale residents magazine. \r \r The contract will involve print and/or distribution of the Inside Swale residents magazine. \r \r The magazine is currently printed and distributed twice a year (January and July) and is distributed to all households in the borough of Swale (approximately 65,000 to be printed and distributed). \r \r The current spec of the mag is 297x210mm portrait, 24pp Self Cover on 65gsm UPM Cote gloss paper.

We are however open to suggestions on sizing options for the magazine. \r \r Suppliers can bid for print only, distribution only or both print and distribution.\r \r The contract shall commence on 02 January 2025 and terminate on 01 January 2027.

The council may extend the opportunity for a further 1 year.

The bidder/s who submit/s the Most Economically Advantageous Quotation will be awarded the contract. \r \r Expressions of Interest and the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal.

The closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest and the closing date for the RFQ is 21 October 2024 at 12:00 noon.\r \r The deadline for clarifications is 12:00 noon on 9 October 2024.\r

Key requirements

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The contract shall commence on 02 January

The contract shall commence on 02 January 2025 and terminate on 01 January 2027.

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Expressions of Interest and the Request

Expressions of Interest and the Request for Quotation (RFQ) document must be submitted / uploaded on the Council's e-tendering portal.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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