Print and Postage Services for Elections and Electoral Registration at Northumberland County Council

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Northumberland County Council awarded a contract to Civica Election Services Limited for print and postage services related to elections and electoral registration.

The contract, valued at £1,527,156, was awarded under the NEPO framework - NEPO504 Election and Electoral Registration Print.

The scope includes registration-specific print such as ITR forms and weekly document queue letters; canvass-specific print including Canvass Communication A, Form B, Canvass Form, and automated household responses; and election/referendum-specific print such as ballot papers for polling stations and postal votes, postal vote envelopes, large-scale ballot papers, and counting sheets.

Postage services include first-class Royal Mail for postal vote packs, with other items' postage methods to be agreed.

The council manages five types of scheduled elections, neighbourhood planning referendums, by-elections, and parish polls, with around 170,000 properties canvassed annually and approximately 70,000 postal voters.