Contract award · 22 Dec 2025

Polymer Note Substrate

Bank of England awarded “Polymer Note Substrate” to CCL Secure Limited, De la Rue International Limited. on 22 Dec 2025.

Printed matterLondon

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Bank of England · Body governed by public law
Value
Not published
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Printed matter · Banknotes (CPV 22430000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date22 Dec 2025
  2. Published4 Feb 2026Published 44 days after the contract date

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.

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