Stale Pre-tender

Banknote Supply and Services Agreement

Details

Buyer: Bank of England
Value: £750,000,000
Topic: Banknotes
Published: 15 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the PA 2023 . The contract will provide for the future supply of Banknotes, supporting the Bank of England (the Bank) in fulfilling its core responsibility of issuing secure Banknotes from Debden, the Bank's secure printing facility. Further details in relation to the services are set out in the associated tender documents. The Total Value of the opportunity is an estimate inclusive of all extensions available under the contract. The actual value will be dependent on demand for Banknotes as well as future Banknote designs under this contract.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published15 December 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

The Bank of England is the UK's central bank, and it buys as a Sub-Central Contracting Authority under the Procurement Act 2023. The Bank's Commercial Division runs the tendering process and scores bids against published selection criteria. An evaluation panel made up of Bank officers then assesses full tender submissions against the stated award criteria.

Over the past 5 years, most of Bank of England's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bank-of-england.gov