Firms involved in the framework, which is being led by the Department for Transport (DfT), will now have the chance to bid for work from a wide range of public bodies including both Whitehall departments and local and regional authorities.
The four-year Pan Government Collaborative Framework Agreement is the result of a tender launched by the Office of Government Commerce last April.
The framework replaces one previously dedicated to the DfT and has a committed annual spend of around £85m, although the initial tender claimed that this could rise to as much as £250m.
It was split into 10 lots covering web offset, B1, B2, digital printing and finishing, large-format, stationery, labels, packaging, print management and digital asset management.
A spokesman for the Office of Government Commerce, which will run the framework initially, said: “One of the benefits of using the new framework is that it is wholly OJEU-compliant and will remove the need to undertake separate OJEU exercises.”
The spokesman added that detailed guidance on the new framework is expected to be published by next month.
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