North Down Borough Council has a wide and varied range of print requirements. These include, but are not limited to, booklets, newsletters, letterhead, folders and business cards.

The current annual spend associated with this Contract is approximately 78 000,00 GBP. There is no absolute commitment by the Council to spend these volumes and the figure given is for guidance only. North Down Borough Council (the Council) will appoint a minimum of three (3) companies and a maximum of five (5) companies. The companies will be ranked 1, 2, 3 and so on after formal evaluation.

Commissions will be offered to the company ranked 1. Companies 2, 3 and so on will be offered commissions in the event of the preferred organisation not having the capacity to deliver the goods within the required timeframe.

The Council will hold the discretion that for orders with a value of 5 000,00 GBP + a mini competition may be held and all companies on the framework will be approached to quote for that particular piece of work.