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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Dorset County Council

Printing of Election and Electoral Registration Materials

Print & PublishingCPV 22000000
Value£492k
Awarded27 Dec 2018
Published5 Mar 2019
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£492ktotal 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.

The brief

Printing services are required to meet the needs of the Council in respect of (1) its delivery of all elections, (2) the Annual Electoral Registration Canvass and ongoing electoral registration work.

The Council intends to establish an agreement for 3 years for the election and electoral registration printing materials as follows- • Ballot papers and Corresponding Numbers Lists (CNLs) • Postal vote ballot packs • Poll cards • Large print ballot papers • Grass skirts • Canvass Household Enquiry Forms (HEFs) • Invitations to Register (ITRs) • Household Notification Letters (HNLs) • Annual Postal Vote Personal Identifier (PI) Refresh letters This shall include but is not limited to providing a full print and design service delivering poll cards, ballot papers, postal vote packs and relevant electoral registration forms.

Scheduled elections for the next three years: - • May 2019 - Dorset Council and all 163 parish and town councils within the Dorset area • May 2020 - Police and Crime Commissioner election The Contract will cover the elections listed above, and any unscheduled by-elections, referenda or poll that may arise.

Contractors submitting a tender will be expected to demonstrate a successful track record in supplying electoral printing.

They must fulfil all legislative requirements and must be able to meet the required deadlines and any performance standards set by the Electoral Commission.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Printing services are required to meet

Printing services are required to meet the needs of the Council in respect of (1) its delivery of all elections, (2) the Annual Electoral Registration Canvass and ongoing electoral registration work.

02

This shall include but is not limited

This shall include but is not limited to providing a full print and design service delivering poll cards, ballot papers, postal vote packs and relevant electoral registration forms.

03

Contractors submitting a tender will be expected

Contractors submitting a tender will be expected to demonstrate a successful track record in supplying electoral printing.

04

They must fulfil all legislative requirements

They must fulfil all legislative requirements and must be able to meet the required deadlines and any performance standards set by the Electoral Commission.

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Stage
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