Official UK procurement notice
Printed Book Production/RES/PRO/2022 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Open University has tendered for the supply of printed book production for a 3 year contract with 1 renewal period to a possible 4 years.This is a Restricted Procurement under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
CPV: Printed books, brochures and leaflets
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 7 bids received (1.8 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Open University has tendered to award contracts to four providers to supply…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,600,000
The Open University has tendered to award contracts to four providers to supply printed book production for a 3 year contract with an optional one year extension period to a possible 4 years.The Open University provides bespoke printed books and supplements to support each student's learning journey. The OU can typically issue 200 new products a year and circa 700 reprint orders of existing products, in varying volumes. The products are required in three trimmed sizes:- A4 (297x210mm); Crown (246x189mm) and OU Science (263x210mm). The printing requirements are for mono text, 2 colour text, 4 colour text. The binding options are unsewn, saddle-stitched and loose-leaf. Paginations range from 8pp to 496pp. The contract excludes the supply of paper and is for the supply of print, production and delivery of publications to the OU's warehouse. A framework of four suppliers will be awarded contracts to fulfil the OU's requirements for this contract.
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)
- As set out in the tender: 70%
- As set out in the tender: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- As set out in the tender: 70
- As set out in the tender: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Printed Book Production/RES/PRO/2022” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 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
- 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
- 3 Mar 2022, 18:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Oct 2022, 15:20 BST
- Authority reference
OUPA10579- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030071- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031dbbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Apr 2022 → 25 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown6 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected5 May 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published25 Oct 2022, 15:20 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Oct 2022, 15:20 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
Tender for Printed Book Production
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2022
- Value
- £5,600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Halstan Printing GroupFramework contractor
- Henry Ling LimitedFramework contractor
- Hobbs the Printers LimitedFramework contractor
- Pureprint Group LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria