Official UK procurement notice
DfC - Provision of Print Services
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDfC - Provision of Print Services
- Recurrence: Every 3 years
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Digital printing services · Print finishing services · Printing and delivery services · Printing and distribution services · Printing and related services · Printing services · Services related to printing
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1DfC - Provision of Print ServicesAwardedPublished value£300,000
DfC - Provision of Print Services. Additional information: Contract duration 3 years
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 50%
- Quantitative Criteria: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 50
- Quantitative Criteria: 50
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Yes · Every 3 years
- First published
- 6 Jul 2021, 12:45 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Aug 2021 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3553709- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030170- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into
Publisher note: 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 CPD for further action. If this occurs and their.. performance still. does. not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional.. misconduct and. they may. be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue.. of a Certificate of. Unsatisfactory. Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being.. undertaken by Centres. of Procurement. Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period. of. twelve months from. the date of issue of. the certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 26 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
Timeline
26 Aug 2021 → 6 Dec 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline26 Aug 2021, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened26 Aug 2021, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until24 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published6 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Dec 2021- Status changed to complete6 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT
- Buyer details updated6 Dec 2021, 09:14 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| G P S COLOUR GRAPHICS LTDSMEContract | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · G P S COLOUR GRAPHICS LTDSME
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2021
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedMediation body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- G P S COLOUR GRAPHICS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria