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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Postal Vote Printing for Elections

Office & Computing EquipmentCPV 64114000
Value£165k
Deadline2 Oct 2026
Published3 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 3 Sept 202628 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Beth Taylor
BethTaylor@barnsley.gov.uk
+44 12260000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£165ktotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£7.9m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Postal & Telecommunications band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,074 valued Postal & Telecommunications tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has published 8 Postal & Telecommunications notices, about every 9 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around June 2027.


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The brief

Provision of a specialist elections printing service for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f0e4
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
083298-2026
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