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The Open University

Supply of Paper for Book Production/OPEN/PRO/2023

Office & Computing EquipmentCPV 30197630
Value£3.0m
Deadline21 Sept 2023
Published22 Aug 2023
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 22 Aug 2023ClosedCloses 21 Sept 2023
Who to contact
finance-tenders@open.ac.uk
+44 1908274066

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.0mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£3.2m

This is a large award for Office & Computing Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,857 valued Office & Computing Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The OU requires the supply of coated printing paper and board in 100gsm and 300gsm weights in varying sheet and reel sizes, delivered to contracted print suppliers, for book production.

Both the paper and board must be certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council).

The contract will be for 3 years with a possible 12 month extension to a total length not exceeding 4 years.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The OU requires the supply of coated

The OU requires the supply of coated printing paper and board in 100gsm and 300gsm weights in varying sheet and reel sizes, delivered to contracted print suppliers, for book production.

02

Both the paper and board must

Both the paper and board must be certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council).

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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