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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Dorset Council

Production of Residents' Magazine Publication for Dorset Council

Print & PublishingCPV 22000000
Value£90k
Awarded29 Mar 2021
Published12 Mar 2021
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£90ktotal 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

The Council is seeking tenders for the provision of a Residents' Magazine Publication that will be required to be produced three times a year for a period of three years from April 2021 (allowing for three months for advertising sales) until May 2024.

The provision includes graphic design; advertising sales; print; and distribution of 183,000 magazines to households in the Dorset Council area and 700 magazines to libraries and Council offices in the Dorset Council area.

The publication of the magazine is to be funded by the successful Contractor by means of advertising revenue and shall be 'cost neutral' to the Council.

The Residents' Magazine complements and cross promotes other communication channels e.g. e-newsletters, social media, website, etc.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Council is seeking tenders for

The Council is seeking tenders for the provision of a Residents' Magazine Publication that will be required to be produced three times a year for a period of three years from April 2021 (allowing for three months for advertising sales) until May 2024.

02

The publication of the magazine is

The publication of the magazine is to be funded by the successful Contractor by means of advertising revenue and shall be 'cost neutral' to the Council.

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Source & provenance
OCID
0292f362-48bd-43c1-abad-6c41ef3c6e5e
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
DORST001-DN530519-16581807
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