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How to win: Printing of Out and About in the North York Moors National Park magazine

A goods contract from North York Moors National Park Authority, worth £14,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

North York Moors National Park Authority

Value

£14,000

Closing date

30 November 2026

About this contract

The Authority is seeking quotations for the printing, finishing and delivery of the Out and About in the North York Moors magazine 2027. Please quote for the specification: Title: Out and About in the North York Moors 2027 Format: 52 pp magazine plus four-page cover – (finished trimmed size approximately 270mm deep x 190mm wide portrait) Paper: Insides: 70gsm near woodfree silk Cover: 115gsm woodfree gloss FSC certified Print: Full colour printing to all pages. Print area must be able to bleed off trimmed pages. Finishing: Book fold, stitched with two wires and trimmed to size. Alternative options: We are open to proposals of alternative paper types which deliver a lower cost; however, these quotes must be in addition to one for our preferred options, detailed above. Alternative proposals will only be considered if no quotation meeting our preferred specification is received within the budget stated on the MyTenders portal. Quotations that exceed our preferred specification (for example, a heaver paper weight) will be treated as meeting it. Where alternatives are considered, they will be scored against the same 60:40 price to quality basis. Paper samples: Samples of all pro

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — North York Moors National Park Authority scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £14,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 30 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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