Supply of Office Paper to Kent County Council
KCS wishes to create a Framework Agreement for the provision of office paper and card.
United Kingdom-Maidstone: Photocopier paper
2017/S 049-090731
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Kent County Council
County Hall
ME14 1XQ Maidstone
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.kcs4education.co.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Kent County Council
County Hall
ME14 1XQ Maidstone
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Kent County Council
County Hall
ME14 1XQ Maidstone
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Kent County Council
County Hall
ME14 1XQ Maidstone
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Kent County council via KCS
1 abbey wood Road, Kings Hill
ME19 4YT West Malling
United Kingdom
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Purchase
NUTS code UKJ
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 0
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 0
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30197643, 30197630, 30197645
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Lot 1 — KCS Branded Paper.
Lot 2 — Mill/Merchant Branded Paper.
Lot 3 — Direct Delivery.
Tenderers may submitr for one or more Lots.
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: KCS Branded Paper
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30197643
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Mill / Merchant Branded Paper
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30197643, 30197630, 30197645
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Office Paper & Card Direct Delivery
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30197643, 30197630, 30197645
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run by Due North. Interested organisations should go to www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk to register and express interest. To express interest select ‘Current Opportunities’, from the ‘Organisation’ drop down box select ‘Commercial Services’, click search and select the appropriate opportunity. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the link is www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS LINK NOW. Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract, no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will result in the tender submission being disregarded. ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE PROCONTRACT PORTAL FROM THE OUTSET. Please ensure you are able to download all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal. Other public bodies will have access to this Agreement but may only do so with the agreement of the Contracting Authority. Those ‘Accessing Bodies’ who may wish to access this Agreement will be members, affiliates and associates of the Police Service, the Fire Service, the NHS & NHS Trusts, third sector organisations, academic centres (including Academies), publicly funded organisations and publicly owned private companies, operating within the geographic boundaries of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland. The Agreement will also be open for use by all other local authorities and public sector bodies. Full details of the classification of potential Contracting Bodies and End User’s geographical areas and organisation classifications are detailed as follows: Regions in England: Main Regions:- East Midlands; West Midlands; East of England; South East; South West; North West; North East; Yorkshire & Humber; London or to individual administering Councils. See link:http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts of Northern Ireland. See link: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link: http://www.cosla.gov.uk/scottish-local-government Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. See link:http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/?skip=1&lang=en Classification of End User Organisations Local Authority Councils: County, Unitary, District, Borough, and Metropolitan Councils. (Parish and Community Councils are also permissible users). See link:http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School, Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University. See links:http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/index.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net/www.education.gov.uk/edubase www.hefce.ac.uk https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/listed-bodies Police, Fire & Rescue & Maritime & Coastguard Agency Emergency Services: See links: http://www.police.uk/forces.htm http://www.fireservice.co.uk/ http://www.nifrs.org/http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm NHS Bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and Ambulance Services: See links: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspxhttp://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisationshttp://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspxhttp://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure Central Government Departments & their Agencies: See link: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htmRegistered Charities: See links:http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspxhttp://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/social-housing/housing-associations Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. See link:http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736 http://www.nhfdirectory.co.ukhttp://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm Northern Ireland: Administered across 11 Council areas. See link: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-irelandScotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link: http://www.cosla.gov.uk/scottish-local-government Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. See link:http://wales.gov.uk/topics/localgovernment/?skip=1&lang=en Suppliers are advised that the Contracting Authority, its affiliates and/or authorised users, reserve the right to supply the tendered products, services, and commodities to companies that have a majority public sector ownership by any of the public sector bodies referred to above during the Agreement period as stated in this document, for the purpose of selling to other public, private and third sector organisations.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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