Birmingham City Council Office Supplies Tender
Office Supplies (Stationery, Office Equipment, Paper and Computer Consumables). West Midlands framework agreement.
United Kingdom-Birmingham: Office supplies
2014/S 198-349376
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Birmingham City Council, Corporate Procurement Services
P.O. Box 10680
For the attention of: Stephanie Prutton
B4 7WB Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1214648000
E-mail: etendering@birmingham.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1213037322
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.finditinbirmingham.com
Address of the buyer profile: www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
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
Please refer to V1.3 Additional Information
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 UKG
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 20 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Birmingham City Council is seeking to establish a framework agreement for use by West Midlands boundary public sector bodies or organisations, principally the 33 West Midlands Local Authorities including Educational Establishments, the West Midlands based Fire and Rescue Services, Police Services, Voluntary and Third Sector based Social Enterprises and the West Midlands NHS Health Organisations and Hospitals. Birmingham City Council will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us atcps@birmingham.gov.uk or call +44 1214648000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: — https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation. Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the pre-qualification questionnaire no later than 12:00 (GMT) on Monday 10.11.2014 using the Supplier Portal. For more information contact Stephanie Prutton, Assistant Procurement Manager, tel. +44 1213030026 or email stephanie.prutton@birmingham.gov.uk
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
30192000, 30197642, 30237300, 30192700
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
No special legal form is required but in the case of group bidders the authority requires that a prime service provider assumes primary liability for the group and that each organisation in the group accepts joint and several liability.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
Description of particular conditions: When executing the contract in the UK the successful tenderer will be required to comply with the recommendations of the code of practice for the elimination of Racial Discrimination and the promotion of Equality of Opportunity in Employment published by the Commission for Racial Equality. The successful tenderer will be required to participate actively in the service related economic, social and environmental regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the place of delivery for the procurement. Accordingly, tender evaluation and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social, economic and environmental considerations.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: This will be in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
This will be in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
This will be in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
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
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
Birmingham City Council is acting as a Central Purchasing Body (CPB) on behalf of West Midlands boundary public sector bodies or organisations (and any of their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of reorganisation or organisational changes); principally the 33 West Midland Local Authorities including Educational Establishments, the West Midlands based Fire and Rescue Services, Police Services, Voluntary and Third Sector based social enterprises and the West Midlands NHS Health organisations and hospitals. The Contracting Authorities are committed to achieving sustainable development outcomes from all its activities. The successful contractor is required to take account of sustainable development e.g. environmental, social and economic impacts of delivery and to actively participate in the protection of the environment. Accordingly contract performance and conditions may relate in particular to social, economic and environmental considerations. This tender process will be conducted using Birmingham City Councils e-tendering system (in-tend). The portal for this system is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc. Providers must register with the system in order to access documents. Registration and use is free.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: