Printers have won millions of dollars of tenders from the Government in 2017, with some getting upwards of $10m in individual contracts.
A $35m tender has been awarded to Minto-based direct mail specialists The Camerons Group (Camerons) for design, printing, personalisation, storage and distribution for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) stationery items and related services.
Camerons has previously been awarded a $2.8m contract from the Australian Electoral Commission, and is one of the Government’s go-to printers, also doing work for Australia Post, and the Commonwealth Bank.
Added to this is a new, $20m contract awarded to Camerons for printing stationery for the Department of Human Services, taking place over three years to 2020.
Fuji Xerox’s Business Force division wins a $4.3 million extension to its six-year deal for letter printing with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Dating back to 2013, it comes to a total value of $14.7m.
The company has also added $1.1m to another ATO contract for personalised print and mail, bringing its value up to $5.5m, and a $68k addition to a separate $1m ATO contract.
The IVE Group is a major printer for government work, scoring contracts worth $20k-$320k just in the past five months, for print work across multiple departments for a total value nearing $400,000. IVE had also produced $320k of work for the Bureau of Meteorology in 2016, mirroring its 2017 contract.
Sydney-based recent IVE acquisition SEMA won a $824,000 extension to its contract supplying the ATO with bulk printing services, bringing the value up to $2.1m, alongside a $65,000 deal with Austrac for print and post services.
Melbourne ID and passport printer ABnote Australasia has signed a $7.2m contract with the Department of Human Services.
Computershare Communication Services picks up a $542,000 extension to its $2.2m deal to supply bulk print work to the ATO until 2019, in addition to a $571,000 top-up on a separate $2.7m contract supplying them with colour print.
In August, Computershare scored an $110,000 amendment value to its $1.9m ATO contract.
Chandler added $301,000 to its $648,000 agreement to supply the ATO with an adhoc printing bundle until 2019.
Carbon Media in Brisbane has undertaken $1.5m in promotional print for the Department of Health.
Victoria’s Print Media Group was awarded the $5.2m Census printing contract.
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