Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Print Services
Authority: Tayside Procurement Consortium
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Various Printed Materials such as: General Stationery, Litho, Digital and Finishing, Large Scale Posters, Exhibition Panels, Banners, Correx Boards, and Signage. Please note: Road Signage is NOT included as part of this tender, and will not be purchased via this route to market.
CPV: Bespoke printed matter · Printed books, brochures and leaflets · Printed matter and related products · Security-type printed matter
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 11 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.9 per place) · 9 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1General Stationery, Sheet-Fed Litho, Specialist Litho, Digital Printing, and FinishingAwardedRenewal
Provision of General Stationery, Sheet Fed Litho, Specialist Litho and Digital Printing and Finishing:
Standard stationery including (but not limited to) – Letterheads, Business Cards, Envelopes, and Compliment Slips; and
All general sheet-fed work (four colour process, spot colour and digital) to include brochures, reports, leaflets, A4 and A5 stitched pads with up to 5 NCR etc.
Included within this lot is specialist printing such as – letterpress and binding (sewn and perfect), UV Varnishing along with standard finishing – saddle stitching, folding, die cutting etc. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #2Large Format Work and SignageAwardedRenewal
For the provision of Large Format Work and Signage.
To include: large scale posters, billboard sized printed graphics, printed exhibition panels, banners, correx and foamex boards, and plaques. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Stationery, Sheet-Fed Litho, Specialist Litho, Digital Printing, and Finishing | 60% | 40% | |
| 2 · Large Format Work and Signage | 60% | 40% |
- Economic & financial standing
It is the requirement of this contract that tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP,
Public Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers will be required to provide examples that demonstrate/or confirm:
*they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice.
*sound quality control processes.
*they have they have appropriate human resources available to deliver the requirements of the contract.
*a robust Environmental Management process
*their average annual manpower for the last three years.
*have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the OJEU Contract Notice.
*the proportion (i.e percentage) of contract that is intended for subcontracts.
*they’re agreement to provide samples.
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Provision of Print Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Jan 2021, 15:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 May 2021, 16:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Feb 2021 – …
- Authority reference
TPC/PRINT/20/22- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009609- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028c3cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:652643)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 25 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Feb 2021, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
25 Feb 2021 → 28 Jul 2021 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Feb 2021, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published4 May 2021, 16:55 BST
- Bids must remain valid until28 Jul 2021, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete4 May 2021, 16:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,450,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
General Stationery, Sheet-Fed Litho, Specialist Litho, Digital Printing, and Finishing
- Signed
- 15 Apr 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Large Format Work and Signage
- Signed
- 15 Apr 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · General Stationery, Sheet-Fed Litho, Specialist Litho, Digital Printing, and Finishing | 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
| 2 · Large Format Work and Signage | 11bids · 11 electronic · 11 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Forfar Sheriff Court and Justice of the PeaceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- Barr Printers ltdFramework contractor
- Inc Dot Com LimitedFramework contractor
- Lexon (G.B.) Limited trading as Lexon GroupFramework contractor
- Matic Media Services LtdFramework contractor
- Panda PrintFramework contractor
- Prime Signs LtdFramework contractor
- Service GraphicsFramework contractor
- Tayprint ltdFramework contractor
- Winter & Simpson PrintFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.