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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Printing of the Sandwell Herald council newspaper - AWARD

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79800000 79820000
Value£61k
Awarded7 Jan 2026
Published23 Jan 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£61ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Printing of the Sandwell Herald council newspaper Sandwell Council's Communications Team is seeking quotations from an experienced contractor to print the Sandwell Herald newspaper in line with its current look for a two-year contract covering the period 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2028.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website.

All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: Wednesday 7 January 2026 @ 17:00hrs

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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From here you will be able

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

02

To submit a quotation you will

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

03

All procurement responses must be carried out

All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

04

If you require further assistance in respect

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
69c4afc1-2f51-48de-a8a1-918d6dd78a0d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
IT-230-10029-SHP 2628 - AWARD
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