Official UK procurement notice
Exercise Books & Scholastic Papers - Y22032
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Agreement is for the supply and delivery of Exercise Books & Scholastic Papers.
This Agreement is divided into three LOTS
LOT 1 – Exercise Books
LOT 2 – Loose Leaf Scholastic Papers
LOT 3 – Miscellaneous Associated Products
Suppliers must be able to provide at least 80% of Lots 1 and 2 to be considered as a supplier thereof, Lot 3 may be awarded line item.
CPV: Exercise books · Exercise papers
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Exercise BooksAwardedPublished value£4,000,000
LOT 1 – Exercise Books
225gsm Manila Cover - colour range to include, but not be restricted to pink, red, orange, yellow, light green, dark green, light blue, dark blue, purple, grey and buff. Other colours may be introduced through the life of the contract.
75gsm Scholastic Paper (unless otherwise stated)
Ruling to include, but not be restricted to ruled 6mm, 8mm, 12mm, 13mm, 15mm (with and without margin), squared 5mm, 7mm, 10mm and 20mm (without margin), plain, plain top half ruled bottom, alternate plain and ruled, handwriting ruling.
Staples to be no less than 2 in 203x165 and no less than 3 in larger sizes. Staples to be placed and of sufficient length to ensure pages will be secure for the life of the book.
Books to have a square spine.
All 9x7", A4 & A4+ books to have KCS product code printed on the rear of the book.
Box labels to bear the KCS product reference alongside any supplier reference
Product carton to be strong enough to withstand two potential handlings - ie from KCS to customer and from customer to KCS should the necessity arise.
Suppliers must be able to provide at least 80% of Lots 1 to be considered as a supplier
Lot #2Loose Leaf Scholastic PapersAwardedPublished value£1,000,000
LOT 2 – Loose Leaf Scholastic Papers
Including but not limited to:
Loose leaf scholastic lined paper
Loose leaf scholastic graph paper
Loose leaf scholastic isometric paper
Suppliers must be able to provide at least 80% of Lot 2 to be considered as a supplier
Lot #3Miscellaneous Associated ProductsAwardedPublished value£2,000,000
LOT 3 – Miscellaneous Associated Products
Including but not limited to:
Exercise Book
Handwriting
Learn To Write
Primary Dictionary.
Lot 3 may be awarded by line item.
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 (5)
- Lead Times: 12%
- Minimum Order Quantities: 12%
- Other: 16%
- price: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Lead Times: 12
- Minimum Order Quantities: 12
- Social Value: 10
- Other: 16
- Price: 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.
- “Exercise Books & Scholastic Papers - Y22032” 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jul 2022, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Nov 2022, 15:09 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN621152- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033664- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034ff9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Aug 2022, 14:05 BST
Timeline
10 Aug 2022 → 28 Nov 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened10 Aug 2022, 14:05 BST
- Notice published28 Nov 2022, 15:09 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Nov 2022, 15:09 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Exercise Books
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Loose Leaf Scholastic Papers
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Miscellaneous Associated Products
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Miscellaneous Associated Products
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Miscellaneous Associated Products
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Exercise Books | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | £0 – £4,000,000 |
| 2 · Loose Leaf Scholastic Papers | 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | £0 – £1,000,000 |
| 3 · Miscellaneous Associated Products | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | £0 – £2,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £0 – £6,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial Services Kent LtdReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Grosvenor House Papers LtdFramework contractor
- LGPL Paper Industries PVT LtdFramework contractor
- Victor Stationery OUFramework contractor
- Victor StationeryOUFramework contractor
- WM Sinclar and Sons (Stationers) LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.