Awarded contract

Polymer Note Substrate

Details

Buyer: Bank of England
Supplier(s): CCL Secure Ltd, De La Rue International Ltd
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Banknotes
Published: 4 February 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Supply of polymer substrate Additional information: The Bank has elected not to disclose awarded contract values on this occasion. This would elicit reverse engineering of sensitive commercial information and therefore prejudice the legitimate commercial interests and by extension, fair competition involving the awarded organisations.

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 January 2026
Completed: Award published4 February 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date4 January 2030in 3 years

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.

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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