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DBC (EE) Provision of Election Printing

Details

Buyer: Dacorum Borough Council
Value: £750,000
Topic: Electoral forms
Published: 5 October 2026
Submission: 9 November 2026in 1 month
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Council are seeking experienced suppliers within the market in relation to the delivery of printing of election and annual canvass requirements. Dacorum Borough Council's (the Council) Electoral Services Department manages all elections within the area and carries out the annual canvass across the borough. The borough currently includes around 70,000 properties and 115,000 electors. Dacorum is made up of 25 wards and 16 Town and Parish Councils. The Council is also responsible for one parliamentary constituency with 2 other constituencies being undertaken by other local authorities. We ask all interested parties to respond to the tender via the Council’s e-tendering portal ‘Supply Hertfordshire’. Suppliers must register to use the portal – this is free of charge. Documents can be downloaded from the portal and via this link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home The closing date for responses to the tender is midday on Monday 9th November. Submissions received after this date and time will be rejected.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published5 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date9 November 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

Dacorum Borough Council is the local authority for Hemel Hempstead and the wider borough, and runs its own Corporate Procurement team. Tenders appear on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and the Supply Hertfordshire portal. Supply Hertfordshire is a joint procurement arrangement the council has run with district and county councils across Hertfordshire since 2003. Registration on that portal lets a business bid for contracts across participating Hertfordshire authorities. Every supplier, whatever their size, goes through the same tender process to win council work. Enquiries about upcoming opportunities go to the council's Corporate Procurement team directly.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Dacorum Borough Council's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and software and information systems.