Tender: Production and Printing of About Town Magazine – Burgess Hill Town Council (Mar 2027–Nov 2029)

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Burgess Hill Town Council is seeking a supplier for the production, design and printing of its About Town magazine under a three‑year contract from March 2027 to November 2029, producing nine issues on a four‑monthly schedule (March, July, November). The contract requires production and printing of currently 16,000 copies per issue (198 x 210mm landscape folded, stitched with two wires, trimmed and packed) with pricing for additional copies quoted per 20; 20pp text on 100gsm gloss plus a 4pp cover on 130gsm gloss in full colour; setting and scans; digital proofs to the Editor and one set of printed Epsom proofs to the Town Council Office. The supplier must assemble and layout the magazine using supplied copy, logos and photographs, place adverts and supply a flat plan, create adverts from provided materials, check advert artwork, allow two rounds of author’s corrections and reproofing, supply print‑ready hi‑res PDFs to the printer and low‑res PDFs to Burgess Hill Town Council, liaise with the Editor to agree and manage a timetable, and deliver to the distributor (currently the Royal Mail distribution centre in Rochester) plus one box of 75 magazines to the Town Council address. Quotes should cover the three‑year period with cost increases linked only to the number of issues produced; the Council may cancel the contract if the contracted unit price increases during the period without penalty. Include recent examples of publications and two client references. Tenders must be submitted in a plain sealed envelope marked “Tender” followed by “About Town” for the attention of Julie Holden, CEO, to Burgess Hill Town Council, 96 Church Walk, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9AS by midday on 2 September 2026.