Design and Printing Contract for Northern Ireland Audit Office
Design, Formatting and Origination, Printing, Publishing and Distribution Services for the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
United Kingdom-Belfast: Printing and distribution services
2017/S 203-418560
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
106 University Street
Belfast
BT7 1EU
United Kingdom
Contact person: The Procurement Manager
E-mail: procurement@niauditoffice.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKN
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Design, Formatting and Origination, Printing, Publishing and Distribution Services for the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO).
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
NIAO wishes to establish a contract for the provision of ‘Design, Formatting and Origination, Printing, Publishing and Distribution Services’ for the wide range of communication methods used by NIAO.
2.3
Examples of recent NIAO publications can be viewed on the website, www.niauditoffice.gov.uk
A sample of reports/other documents is available for collection or posting from the Northern Ireland Audit Office, 106 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1EU, please contact the NIAO’s Procurement Manager at procurement@niauditoffice.gov.uk
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
Northern Ireland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
NIAO wishes to establish a contract for the provision of ‘Design, Formatting & Origination, Printing, Publishing and Distribution Services’ for the wide range of communication methods used by NIAO.
2.3
Examples of recent NIAO publications can be viewed on the website, www.niauditoffice.gov.uk
A sample of reports/other documents is available for collection or posting from the Northern Ireland Audit Office, 106 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1EU, please contact the NIAO’s Procurement Manager at procurement@niauditoffice.gov.uk
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract will be for 2 years with the possibility of 3 annual extensions.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Tenderers must confirm that they hold or are prepared to purchase a relevant imagery license for a provider such as istockphoto for the duration of the contract.
Tenderers must confirm that they will comply with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 and must agree to apply the NIAO house style (see table 3 above) to all reports.
Tenderers must confirm that they hold the following, (Certificates should be provided):
— ISO 9001:2000 — Quality Management Systems
— ISO 27001:2005 — Information Technology Security Requirements.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
Tenderers must confirm that they hold or are prepared to purchase a relevant imagery license for a provider such as istockphoto for the duration of the contract.
Tenderers must confirm that they will comply with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 and must agree to apply the NIAO house style (see table 3 above) to all reports.
Tenderers must confirm that they hold the following, (Certificates should be provided):
— ISO 9001:2000 — Quality Management Systems
— ISO 27001:2005 — Information Technology Security Requirements.
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Northern Ireland Audit Office, 106 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1EU.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.4.1)Review body
Belfast
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
The Northern Ireland Audit Office [this authority] will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide the information required by Regulation 86 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) [the Regulations] regarding the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Regulations provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive knowledge of breach.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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