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Published 26 Oct 2022, 18:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DE - CCEA Confidential Typesetting, Printing, Packing and Dispatch of Confidential Exam QPs

Official notice

Authority: Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Asessment (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 2 lots to bidMax 1 lot per supplier
Published estimate£1,695,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 28 Nov 2022
Lots 2max 1 won per supplier · max 2 to bid

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (the Council) is seeking suppliers for the production of its examination question papers and associated materials.

CPV: Digital printing services · Printing and delivery services · Printing and distribution services · Printing services · Services related to printing · Typesetting services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 1 of them
Lot #1Renewal
Extensions: 2 years plus two optional extension of 1 year each · This Contract may be subject to renewal once the Contract Period ends.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Renewal
Extensions: 2 years plus two optional extension of 1 year each · This Contract may be subject to renewal once the Contract Period ends.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Closed
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
26 Oct 2022, 18:31 BST
Last source update
26 Oct 2022, 18:31 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Nov 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030266
Classification (CPV)
Digital printing servicesPrinting and delivery servicesPrinting and distribution servicesPrinting servicesServices related to printingTypesetting services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037c84 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be..... regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting..... what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to.. improve.... If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance the matter will be escalated to.. senior... management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and your performance does.. not improve... to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this can be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your.. expense as... provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of.. Unsatisfactory... Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may,.. in accordance... with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) be excluded from future public procurement competitions for. a. period of up. to.. three years.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where... appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is... communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful... tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
28 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

26 Oct 2022 → 26 Feb 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    26 Oct 2022, 18:31 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    28 Nov 2022, 15:30 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    26 Feb 2023, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Asessment

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 29 Claredon Road, BELFAST, UK, BT1 3BGContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body NA

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