Printer Paper, Envelopes & Associated Products Framework
- Buyer
- Liverpool City Council
- Value
- £360,000
- Closes
- 11 November 2026
- Where
- Liverpool, the North West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Liverpool City Council is looking for suppliers to provide printer paper, envelopes, and related products through a framework agreement. The council uses these items for its internal print room service and needs multiple approved suppliers to meet varying demand.
What the buyer wants
• Supply a core range of digital cut sheet paper and card, wide format stocks (including banner cartridges and boards), envelopes, and packaging/finishing consumables from approved product lists • Deliver digital paper orders within 48 hours, with ability to meet shorter timeframes on request • For envelope lot: be Royal Mail approved, provide proof PDFs of designs meeting Royal Mail OCR standards, and deliver new envelope orders within 2 weeks of artwork sign-off
Lots
- Digital cut sheet paper and card
- Wide format stocks - including banner cartridges, boards
- Envelopes
- Packaging and finishing consumables
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small businesses without Royal Mail accreditation will be disqualified from the envelopes lot. Suppliers must also maintain significant stock and meet tight delivery windows (48 hours standard, sometimes shorter), which rules out very small operations or those without established distribution networks.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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