CAMBRIDGE MATTERS and OPEN DOOR MAGAZINE-DELIVERY

Cambridge City Council
East of England
Open procedure
20 July 2026 to 19 July 2028

Management and delivery of two 16-page A4 magazines, Cambridge Matters and Open Door, three times per year. The service requires distribution to over 53,500 residential properties for the main magazine and 7,700 specific properties for the tenant publication. The supplier must coordinate with nominated printers to manage the logistics of the delivery cycle.

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Awarded value: £116k; As published
Published: 2 June 2026
Awarded: 15 July 2026; D2D Distribution Ltd
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 19 July 2028

What the contract covers

Open competition

Provision of door-to-door distribution and delivery services for local authority residents' magazines and tenant communications across city-wide residential areas.

Deliver Cambridge Matters, a 16-page, full-colour, A4 residents' magazine, to all 53,500+ residential properties in Cambridge
Deliver Open Door, a 16-page, full-colour, A4 tenant and leaseholder magazine, to 7,700 specified residential properties in Cambridge
Deliver the magazines three times per year
Liaise with the Council's nominated printers and manage the delivery of the magazines

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Open competition
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 24 months
Extensions: 12 months
Longest it can run: 36 months
Contract dates: 20 July 2026 to 19 July 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 64110000, 64120000, 64100000

Services in this contract

Unaddressed door-to-door distributionMain service£68k typicalHousehold delivery of two council residents' magazines three times a year

Lifecycle

Published
2 June 2026
Contract awardedto D2D Distribution Ltd
15 July 2026
Contract starts
20 July 2026
Contract ends
19 July 2028

The buyer

Cambridge City Council

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The supplier

D2D Distribution Ltd

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3624645/cambridge-matters-and-open-door-magazine-delivery
Buyer reference: DN817942
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06aba9
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Cambridge City Council. CAMBRIDGE MATTERS and OPEN DOOR MAGAZINE-DELIVERY. Contract award, 2 June 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3624645/cambridge-matters-and-open-door-magazine-delivery (accessed 5 November 2026).