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Election Printing

Reading Borough Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 00:01.

Opportunity overview

Printing Contract for Electoral Services for Elections/Business Improvement District Elections (BID), Canvass and all year-round Registration/Printing Requirements and emailing/posting statutory forms.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£640k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£800k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02263092
Location
London, UKI44, SE1 9LQ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
25-S-037
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Single supplier - technical reasons Pursuant to Section 41 and Schedule 5 (Regulation 7) of the Procurement Act 2023, which permits a direct award justification for additional or repeat goods, services or works, namely 7. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- • (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and • (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Reading Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWBJ-9435-VXQQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWBJ-9435-VXQQ

Address

Street Address
Bridge Street
Locality
Reading
Postal Code
RG1 2LU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ11

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02263092

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02263092

Address

Street Address
Southbank Central
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 9LQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI44

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79800000
Description
Printing and related services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ11
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02263092
Name
CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
2 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
2 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
1x12 months

Value

Including VAT
800,000
Amount
640,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Timeliness of Delivery
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Print Accuracy
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Compliance with Specifications

Documents

Entry 1
Id
078304-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Aug 2026, 17:40
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Reading · UKJ11 · RG1 2LU · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 078285-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 078304-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·