Live tenders / Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
Exercise Books and Paper Products Partnership
What the buyer is asking for
YPO's objective is to establish a long term strategic partnership that initially focuses on exercise books but creates opportunities to jointly develop wider paper product categories throughout the public sector.
How this is scored
Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.
- 40%pricePricing, Commercial and Service
- 40%qualityQuality
- 20%qualitySocial Value
- Value
- £144,000,000
- Submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT (44 days left)
- Enquiry deadline
- 02 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by
- 19 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract start
- Not stated
- Contract end
- Not stated
- Category
- goods
- Lots
- 1
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
- CPV codes
- 22830000
- Legal basis
- 2023/54
How contested is this?
Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 27 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London
- Tender notice publishedyesterday2 Oct 2026, 09:36 BST
- Clarification questions byin 30 days2 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 44 days16 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 140 days19 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender
- Pipeline or early engagement notice8 May 2026, 10:27 BST042329-2026
- Tender notice2 Oct 2026, 09:36 BST093129-2026
Payment terms
Please refer to the procurement documentation
How to bid
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