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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Distribution of the Sandwell Herald - AWARD

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79800000 79820000 64000000 64100000 64110000
Value£83k
Awarded14 Jan 2022
Published3 Feb 2022
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£83ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Distribution of the Sandwell Herald The Sandwell Herald is the council's newspaper for residents.

The Herald is designed fully in-house and print is handled through a separate contract.

The technical specification of the newspaper is as follows: o 24 pages, each 360mm x 289mm, in full colour o 52-gram standard paper, 100% recycled newsprint o Endorse folded, loose (not stitched) o Item must weigh under 80 grams and be no bigger than A4 in its final folded form o Approximately 144,000 copies per edition Please note there may be reasons why pagination could vary between editions but 24 is the standard on which we are seeking distribution prices in this Tender.

Exact quantities may also vary.

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 the ITT and other related documents.

In Order To View and Submit a Tender, 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: Friday 14 January 2022 at 15:00hrs

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

O Item must weigh under 80 grams

o Item must weigh under 80 grams and be no bigger than A4 in its final folded form.

02

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 the ITT and other related documents.

03

In Order To View and Submit

In Order To View and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

04

All procurement responses must be carried out

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

05

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
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
IT-230-5755-SMBC 21011 - AWARD
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