Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters YPO, CCS, ESPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions)
Details
- Buyer
- Blackpool Council
- Supplier(s)
- Critiqom Limited Trading as Mail Metrics
- Value
- £1,250,000
- Duration
- 5 years
- Topic
- Postal services
- Published
- 12 February 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Provision of Specialist Printing Services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters, plus Daily Council Tax and Business Rates Documents, including Council Tax Reduction letters. Blackpool Council is calling off YPO Framework RM6280 - (Postal services and solutions) Blackpool Council hosts a shared Revenues and Benefits Service for Blackpool and Fylde Borough Councils and is looking to identify and appoint a single service provider for the provision of specialist printing services for Annual Council Tax Bills, Annual Business Rates Bills, Annual Housing Benefit and Annual Council Tax Reduction Scheme Letters. The Council also require the service provider to produce daily Council Tax and Business Rates documents. This includes, but would not be limited to, the production of Bills, Adjustment Notices, Reminders, Final Notices, Summonses and Recovery documents. There may be the requirement for additional documents requested by Central Government or the Council to accompany the letters, the Council will notify the successful bidder if they are required.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date13 January 2026
- Completed: Award published12 February 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date12 January 2031in 4 years
About the buyer
Blackpool Council buys as a local authority through its corporate procurement team. Every tender is advertised on The Chest, the North West's e-tendering portal, where suppliers register free of charge. The estimated contract value sets the procurement route the council follows, under the Procurement Act 2023. Larger contracts are split into smaller lots so small and voluntary sector suppliers can compete equally. Supplier days are run to brief and train suppliers before they submit tenders. Healthcare services are commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime, with contracting activity summarised each year.
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 Blackpool Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and health and social work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 64110000 · Postal services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@blackpool-council.gov |
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