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Published 2 Feb 2022, 13:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the Printing of the Durham County News (DCN) & Other Publications

Official notice

Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Framework ceiling (notional)£250,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 2 Mar 2022awarded 17 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Durham County Council was seeking to appoint a sole Contractor to print the Council's Durham County News four times a year (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter).

There may also be a requirement to Print a Guide to Services and an Essential Guide to Summer Fun (together "the Publications), Both Guides could potentially be subject to Council review in the future in terms of how they are delivered.

  • Recurrence: 6 months before official expiry of the Contract

CPV: Printing services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
Delivery: North East · The Council's Magazine and two Publications (if required) are to be printed in order to be distributed door to door to approximately 259,442 homes in County Durham, but this figure may be subject to future fluctuation
Extensions: The Contract is for an initial period of 24 months with a further 1 x 24 months extensionVariant bids: not allowed
79810000 Printing 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: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Methodology: 25%
  • Named and Proposed Contract Manager: 5%
  • price: 60%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Methodology: 25
  • Named and Proposed Contract Manager: 5
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Contract for the Printing of the Durham County News (DCN) & Other…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

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
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 6 months before official expiry of the Contract
First published
2 Feb 2022, 13:10 GMT
Last source update
6 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN595512
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009249
Classification (CPV)
Printing services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03123a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Proactis / ProContract · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Language: EN
Appointment period ends
2 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.nepo.org ↗

Timeline

2 Mar 2022 → 6 Apr 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    2 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    8 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    6 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Mar 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract for the Printing of the Durham County News (DCN) and Other Publications

    Signed
    17 Mar 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Durham County Council was seeking to appoint a sole Contractor to print the Council's…1bids · 1 electronic1—£350,000 – £400,000
Whole notice———£350,000 – £450,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Durham County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, DURHAM, North East, DH15UQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Acorn Web Offset LimitedFramework contractor Loscoe Close, Normanton Industrial Estate, Normanton, West Yorkshire, North East, WF6 1TW

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