Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dorset Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Continuous Data Print (UK) Ltd SME
- Value
- £265,540
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (CPV 30000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Jan 2026
- Published16 Feb 2026Published 25 days after the contract date
Description
**THIS IS A NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD ONLY** Dorset Council sought a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to deliver both printing and distribution services for its residents' magazine, Dorset Council News (DCN), under a single contractual arrangement. DCN has been published since 2019 and is currently issued twice yearly (March and October) to approximately 187,000 households. The supplier will be responsible for the printing of a 16-page A4 magazine in full-colour using four colour lithographic printing. Dorset Council's requirements are for a single supplier capable of delivering both printing and distribution services for DCN over a three-year contract, with the option to extend for up to two additional years (3 + 1 + 1).
About the supplier
Continuous Data Print (UK) Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02820094).