Official UK procurement notice
St Chad's Academies Trust MFD Partner
Authority: ST CHAD'S ACADEMIES TRUST (Education)·On behalf of: MOXTON EDUCATION LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement includes (but may not be limited to) the items listed below.
- Provision of a range of multi-functional printing devices to all the schools and the central office
- An installation and commissioning service for each device
- A handover and training service
- A uniform maintenance service for any of the schools who have MFD's across the Trust
- An automated service that addresses all consumable needs
- A service that includes appropriate print management software
- A service that ethically disposes of equipment as necessary
- A full service level agreement
- Relevant monitoring, management and reporting
- A single technical interface to the Trust outsourced ICT Team
- Technical interface into the Trusts Managed Service Partner (Note: All MFD delivery will be carried out through this contract and chosen partner).
- Value added services.
There are currently 52 devices across 19 sites
In terms of copies these devices generate circa: 2.8m Mono copies and circa 4m colour copies
- How the procedure runs: Submission of this PSQ Shortlisting from this PSQ Shortlisted bidders submission of ITT (Stage 2) Presentations
CPV: Computer equipment and supplies · Financial leasing services · Photocopying and offset printing equipment · Primary education services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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)
- Price
- Quality
- 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.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jan 2026, 19:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 19:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003293- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06062cFind a Tender
- How it runs
Submission of this PSQ
Shortlisting from this PSQ
Shortlisted bidders submission of ITT (Stage 2)
Presentations
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Details of submission are in the PSQ Document
Timeline
14 Jan 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published280 days ago14 Jan 2026, 19:16 GMT
- Clarification questions by260 days ago3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline246 days ago17 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by190 days ago14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts82 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Jan 2026, 19:16 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- MOXTON EDUCATION LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Management
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications PSQ Document in Word and PDF
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender