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Print Management, Digital Communications and Print Marketplace

Crown Commercial Service · Central government

In brief

Crown Commercial Service has announced plans to buy printing work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £1,724,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 54 months, starting 7 June 2028.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 22 bids per contract for this buyer (from 115 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £1,724,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

The RM6420 Print Management, Digital Communications and Print Marketplace framework agreement will replace the following GCA print framework agreements: RM6297 Print and Digital Communications RM6371 Print Marketplace 2 RM6389 NHS Notify Printed Communications and Related Services Print Management and Digital Communications: The provision of managed, end to end print services including operational print, transactional print, security print, direct mail, storage, fulfilment and distribution, digital asset management, digital solutions, scanning, pre-production services, media duplication and Official Papers (Command and House Papers). Print Marketplace: A self-service, end-to-end, instant…Read the full description
The RM6420 Print Management, Digital Communications and Print Marketplace framework agreement will replace the following GCA print framework agreements: RM6297 Print and Digital Communications RM6371 Print Marketplace 2 RM6389 NHS Notify Printed Communications and Related Services Print Management and Digital Communications: The provision of managed, end to end print services including operational print, transactional print, security print, direct mail, storage, fulfilment and distribution, digital asset management, digital solutions, scanning, pre-production services, media duplication and Official Papers (Command and House Papers). Print Marketplace: A self-service, end-to-end, instant quote digital platform for buying printed material all over the UK, particularly low value / high volume requirements including brochures, flyers, leaflets, business cards, letterheads and other transactional print. NHS Notify Printed Communications: Printed letters and postal mail for both standard letters and accessible letters on behalf of the NHS and health authorities, sending communications such as, but not limited to: invitations for vaccinations, cancer screening, vaccination appointment booking, secondary care referral appointment booking. Also including (but not limited to): braille, large print, multiple languages, audio CD and easy read. When contacting GCA regarding this agreement, please ensure that you reference the agreement details in all correspondence.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 090048-2026

Last time this was bought

The Marketplace

Awarded
21 September 2026
Value
£1,000,000,000
Bids
7

Matched on Crown Commercial Service, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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From notice 090048-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 23 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.