Official UK procurement notice
IA2605 Framework Agreement for the Provision of Print Management Services
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStaffordshire County Council wish to appoint one supplier to deliver a Print Management
Service for all its print requirements within Staffordshire. This may include web print; digital
print; lithographical print; wide format and promotional items.
The supplier should be capable of supplying a wide range of mono and colour printed
material including, but not limited to, the following types: brochures; booklets; business
cards; posters; postcards; Flyers; hybrid mail; surveys; letterheads; banners; secure and
confidential printing.
The supplier will handle all print requests received from SCC. Any print work that is unable to
be printed by the supplier, then a comprehensive print management service is to be offered.
The supplier will be able to source all forms of printed materials and other more specialised
items from a network of print partners. However, the supplier will remain accountable to
SCC for any underperformance of print partners.
Please refer to the Service Specification for full details on what the Council expects from a
Print Management Service.
Please note this is a Single Supplier Framework.
CPV: Printing and distribution services · Printing services · Services related to printing
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 22 bids received (22.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 2 yrs from 1 Aug 2022
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Please note this is a two-stage open tender process, where the Council is looking to…AwardedPublished value£1,000,000
Please note this is a two-stage open tender process, where the Council is looking to appoint
one contractor.
Stage 1 is the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage that contains number of Pass/Fail
questions and 100% weighting assessing quality. All questions will concentrate on bidders
past experience. This stage is open to all bidders to apply. At the end of the SQ stage 5 bidders will be shortlisted to go through to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage 2.
Stage 2 will have 20% weighting against Quality and 80% weighting against Price. All ITT documents (stage 2) are currently in draft format and have been provided for information only and will be finalised and issued to shortlisted bidders to commence stage 2
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 20
- Price: 80
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “IA2605 Framework Agreement for the Provision of Print Management…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jan 2022, 10:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2022, 09:43 BST
- Authority reference
IA2605- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015716- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030f73Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Feb 2022 → 1 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published8 Jun 2022, 09:43 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Jun 2022, 09:43 BST
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
IA2605 Framework Agreement for the Provision of Print Management Services
- Signed
- 7 Jun 2022
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22bids · 22 electronic | 16 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Cannock Chase District CouncilContracting authority
- South Staffordshire CouncilContracting authority
- Stafford Borough CouncilContracting authority
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- PSL Print Management LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.