Scope
Reference
BS.0456
Description
Ordnance Survey Ltd (OS) is Great Britain’s mapping agency and is responsible for the surveying, production, maintenance and marketing of a wide range of geographic information, relied on by government, business and individuals. Further information can be found on our website http://www.os.uk.
OS have an established guidebook series called ‘OS Short Walks Made Easy’ (SWME), an individual guidebook sells at a retail price of £8.99. These guidebooks are aimed at customers who are wanting easy-going walks between 2-4 miles. Each guidebook has 10 walks which are aimed at making the outdoors easy for novice walkers, families that are buggy/pram users and people who use a wheelchair or an all-terrain buggy. Each SWME guidebook is 80 pages in total with a front and rear cover.
OS are seeking a Supplier to print stock of the new titles (titles 34-45) and to print stock of any reprints that need completed. Reprints of the current titles are driven by stock levels and may only occur once the existing stock sells out. There is a further requirement for the print production of any new OS guidebooks which OS may introduce during the contract term. The Supplier shall maintain a flexible approach and print any additional books or guidebooks that OS may require.
Contract 1. Printing Services for Ordnance Survey Guidebooks (Short Walks Made Easy)
Supplier
Contract value
- £144,000 excluding VAT
- £172,800 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
2 January 2026
Contract dates
- 5 January 2026 to 4 January 2028
- Possible extension to 4 January 2030
- 4 years
Description of possible extension:
2 x 12 month extensions
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79820000 - Services related to printing
- 79811000 - Digital printing services
- 79810000 - Printing services
- 79800000 - Printing and related services
Contract locations
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
Special regime
Concession
Supplier
Pureprint Group Limited
- Companies House: 01493898
Brambleside Bellbrook Park
Uckfield
TN22 1PL
United Kingdom
Email: jamesg@pureprint.com
Website: http://www.pureprint.com
Region: UKJ22 - East Sussex CC
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Printing Services for Ordnance Survey Guidebooks (Short Walks Made Easy)
Contracting authority
ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED
- Companies House: 09121572
Explorer House Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0AS
United Kingdom
Region: UKJ36 - Central Hampshire
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)