Official UK procurement notice
725000 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in Greater London and second largest of London's 32 boroughs, covering an area of 42 square miles (11,571 hectares) and located 14 miles from central London. Heathrow Airport is within Hillingdon’s boundary and continues to be the region’s biggest employment site. In addition to Heathrow, Hillingdon contains a number of transport links, including major UK motorways (M4, M25, and M40), the national rail network and the London Underground Metropolitan, Piccadilly and Central lines. Hillingdon is also where town and country meet, with 800 acres of woodland, country parks, fields and farms, several rivers and the Grand Union Canal. The borough maintains more than 200 green spaces, totalling around 1,800 acres (730 hectares). Popular attractions include the historic Manor Farm complex, picturesque villages of Harefield and Harmondsworth, the borough’s golf courses and leisure centres, Ruislip Lido, various theatres and arts centers and the Battle of Britain Bunker Exhibition and Visitor Centre. Hillingdon Council’s vision is 'putting our residents first.' This ethos is woven into all of the services the council provides. Delivering value for money services, will protect the borough’s heritage, built and natural environment and promote civic pride so that people are proud to say they live in Hillingdon. We will continue to keep our residents safe and healthy and will do all we can in the current economic climate to maintain services that our residents tell us are important.
Hillingdon Council is seeking suppliers for the following services :
An external printing supplier to supply the council with a wide range of printed materials. including litho and digital printing.
External supplier to Print Hillingdon’s flagship publication, Hillingdon People Resident Magazine.
External supplier to distribute the Hillingdon People Resident Magazine bi-monthly across the borough.
- Recurrence: 2027
CPV: Booklets · Brochures · Directories · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines · Printed books, brochures and leaflets · Printed matter and related products
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£1,350,000 together) · win at most 3 of themLot #1Provision of Print Services for the London Borough of Hillingdon (EXCLUDING printing of resident magazine)RenewalPublished value£725,000
The London Borough of Hillingdon requires an external printing supplier to supply the Council with a wide range of printed materials.
The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 (three) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 5 (five) years.
The printing supplier;
(a) Must be able to provide litho and digital printing, Please see specification for detailed requirements.
Lot #2Provision of Printing Hillingdon People Resident MagazineRenewalPublished value£425,000
The London Borough of Hillingdon requires a printing service for its residents’ magazine, "Hillingdon People".
The London Borough of Hillingdon’s flagship publication, "Hillingdon People" is a residents’ magazine delivered to households across the borough. It is important to maintain the high print quality of "Hillingdon People"
The volume of printing required is 118,000 per edition, however due to ongoing changes within the borough, this volume could be subject to change.
The printing supplier shall be able to pack the Hillingdon People magazine ready for delivery in the following manner;
(a) Bulk pack on pallets of 100 units (113,200 copies) to be delivered to the distributor.
Lot #3Provision of Distributing Hillingdon People Resident MagazineRenewalPublished value£200,000
The London Borough of Hillingdon requires the distribution of Hillingdon People bi-monthly across the borough.
Volumes
The distributing supplier shall ensure the delivery of Hillingdon People to all the residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Please refer to Annex 1-Postal Code List;
(a) The quantity to be delivered is approximately 108,000 editions.
(b) The distributing supplier must allow for the whole of the London Borough of Hillingdon to be distributed
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 2027
- First published
- 24 Sept 2021, 22:44 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Oct 2021 – …
- Authority reference
2021/S 000-023879- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025123- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e4b8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
Timeline
7 Oct 2021 → 1 Mar 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published7 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Submission deadline20 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Oct 2021, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Mar 2022
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | TextDescription of Procurement · 11.2.4 | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. | |
| — | Text11.2.7 | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. | |
| — | Text11.2.7 | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. | The Contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with the option to extend for a further 2 (1+1) giving a total permissible contract term of 4 (four) years. |
Evidence of the Tender’s economic and financial standing to deliver the Contract by satisfying both of the following criteria: • Minimum turnover of [insert value based on 200%/140%/130% of the contract value] over last 2 accounting periods (Question 4.1); [Where you are bidding for multiple lots, you must meet the minimum turnover for each of the lots that you are bidding for. Tenderers that a…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- London Borough HillingdonMediation body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.