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Published 23 Jan 2023, 12:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

International Printing · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire Education Corporation (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT5.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Feb 2023awarded 22 May 2023
Awarded to BPO Intelligence Pty Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for the University's International Print and Fulfilment requirements. This will include in-country printing of brochures, leaflets, pull-up banners and business cards. Additional items may be added during the contract term.Printing, fulfilment and posting are required in the following countries: Brazil, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, UAE, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Additional countries may be added during the contract term. The Contractor will provide a secure externally hosted software for this process to be managed by the University. The contract will be for a maximum of 5 years. All other information in the tender documents.

CPV: Printing and related services · Printing services · Services related to printing

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1To set up a contract for International Printing, Fulfilment and Posting for the…AwardedPublished value£200,000

To set up a contract for International Printing, Fulfilment and Posting for the University, Group Companies and other external sources as approved by the University. The range of items to include (but not limited to) brochures, leaflets, pull-up banners and business cards. A list of countries have been provided in the invitation to tender documentation although more can be added during the contract term. The contract will be up to a total of five years subject to satisfactory performance. Suppliers will be required to offer an externally hosted software (cloud based) to support this contract.

Delivery: East of England
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the tender documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Jan 2023, 12:31 GMT
Last source update
22 May 2023, 13:05 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Feb 2023 – …
Authority reference
22026
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014485
Classification (CPV)
Printing and related servicesPrinting servicesServices related to printing
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0399b4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As stated in the tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Feb 2023 → 22 May 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    22 May 2023, 13:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 May 2023, 13:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £188,9201 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 43 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 May 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BPO Intelligence Pty Ltd£188,920 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire Education Corporation

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation MacLaurin Building, 4 Bishops Square, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 8NEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview body Liverpool

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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