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Published 6 Nov 2023, 13:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Content production, coordination, design and print of National Museums Scotland’s Members’ magazine, Explorer. Content production, coordination and design of National Museums Scotland’s Annual Review

Official notice

Authority: National Museums Scotland

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)
Published estimate£312,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Dec 2023awarded 1 Feb 2024
Awarded to Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Museums Scotland’s Members’ magazine and Annual Review

CPV: Magazines · Printing services · Publishing services · Writing agency services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Content production, coordination, design and print of National Museums Scotland’s…AwardedRenewalPublished value£312,000

Content production, coordination, design and print of National Museums Scotland’s Members’ magazine, Explorer. Content production, coordination and design of National Museums Scotland’s Annual Review

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Contract length is two years with the option to extend for one year and a further one yearVariant bids: not allowed
22213000 Magazines79810000 Printing services92312211 Writing agency services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    See SPD schedule module

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Nov 2023, 13:13 GMT
Last source update
6 Feb 2024, 10:02 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Dec 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003811
Classification (CPV)
MagazinesPrinting servicesPublishing servicesWriting agency services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041612 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:757309)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
11 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
11 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

11 Dec 2023 → 12 Feb 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    11 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Feb 2024, 10:02 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    12 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Feb 2024, 10:02 GMT
Published amendments (1)

Contact length, budget and budget breakdown The contract length is two years with the possibility of extending the contract by one year and a further one year. The potential total length of the contract is four years and the total budget of 312,000 GBP is for four years, making the budget 78,000 GBP annually. The breakdown of this is 68,000 GBP for the Members' magazine and 10,000 GBP for the Annu…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £312,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Connect Publications (Scotland) LtdSME£312,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Museums Scotland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawRecreation, culture and religion 20/2 Mill Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 6TJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria