Official UK procurement notice
DoF – Collaborative arrangement – Provision of copier paper (ID 4670342)
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this Framework will be to service the needs of the Contracting Bodies which have indicated that they have a requirement for Copier paper during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement is enabled for use by the participating bodies as listed in table 1 – participating bodies of the specification of requirements.
- Recurrence: at expiry of framework
CPV: Photocopier paper · Photocopier paper and xerographic paper
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers · 5 bids received (1.0 per place) · 3 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£15,000,000
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)
- AC2 Supply Chain Arrangements: 10%
- Contract Price: 90%
Published award criteria (3)
- AC1 Confirmation of Requirements: 0
- AC2 Supply Chain Arrangements: 10
- Contract Price: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “DoF – Collaborative arrangement – Provision of copier paper (ID 4670342)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 suppliers, 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · at expiry of framework
- First published
- 22 Aug 2024, 14:25 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2025, 10:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Oct 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001131- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049307Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information 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: 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 1 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
1 Oct 2024 → 14 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown1 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 Dec 2024, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published14 Jan 2025, 10:35 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Nov 2024, 15:55 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.4) | The purpose of this Framework will be to service the needs of the Contracting Bodies which have indicated that they have a requirement for Copier paper during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement is enabled for use by the participating bodies as listed in table 1 – participating bodies of the specification of requirements. | The purpose of this Framework will be to service the needs of the Contracting Bodies which have indicated that they have a requirement for Copier paper during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement is enabled for use by the participating bodies as listed in table 1 – participating bodies of the specification of requirements. Please note table 1 of Specification - Participatin… | |
| — | TextII.1.4) | The purpose of this Framework will be to service the needs of the Contracting Bodies which have indicated that they have a requirement for Copier paper during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement is enabled for use by the participating bodies as listed in table 1 – participating bodies of the specification of requirements. | The purpose of this Framework will be to service the needs of the Contracting Bodies which have indicated that they have a requirement for Copier paper during the term of the Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement is enabled for use by the participating bodies as listed in table 1 – participating bodies of the specification of requirements. Please note table 1 of Specification - Participatin… |
Please note table 1 of Specification - Participating bodies, does not list Police service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). This was the result of an administrative error. The tender competition included PSNI usage and requirements. The published value included PSNI as a participating body. PSNI are a full participating body of this framework arrangement.
Please note table 1 of Specification - Participating bodies, does not list Police service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). This was the result of an administrative error. The tender competition included PSNI usage and requirements. The published value included PSNI as a participating body. PSNI are a full participating body of this framework arrangement.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
DoF – Collaborative arrangement – Provision of copier paper Framework
- Signed
- 26 Nov 2024
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for review/appeal or mediation proceduresReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- ANTALIS LTDFramework contractor
- Banner Group LimitedFramework contractor
- GRAPHIC PAPER MERCHANTS NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.