Digital Printing Tender Bank of England

The Bank of England are looking to procure off site secure digital printing services with delivery to EC2.
These services will consist of digital printing and ancillary finishing services.

UK-London: printed matter and related products

2012/S 39-063359

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Bank of England
Procurement, Bank of England, Threadneedle Street
For the attention of: Supplier Manager
EC2R 8AH London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2076014875
E-mail: tenders@bankofengland.co.uk
Fax: +44 2076015649

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.bankofengland.co.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.bankofengland.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Bank of England
Please note that no further information will be released regarding this tender until the Expression of Interest period has finished. To register interest please log on to the Bank’s tender portal at www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk and register. General information about the Bank is available on our website www.bankofengland.co.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Bank of England
All documentation will be issued via our tender portal at www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk. Once registered (and your application has been accepted) you must log back onto the site with the password and login provided and express your interest in this tender (under “My Opportunities”) After this has been completed nothing further is required of you until the Expression of Interest period has finished, after this time the Pre Qualification Questionnaire will be released and you will be automatically notified

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Bank of England
All requests to participate must be registered via the Bank’s tender portal, www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk. Once registered and interest expressed no further information will be released until the EoI period finishes. By registering you will automatically be notified when the Pre Qualification Questionnaire is issued. For further information on the Bank please view our website at www.bankofengland.co.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Economic and financial affairs

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Digital Printing Requirements.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 15: Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: City of London, London, UK.
NUTS code UKI

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Bank of England are looking to procure off site secure digital printing services with delivery to EC2.
These services will consist of digital printing and ancillary finishing services, all printing jobs will be subject to a delivery SLA of between one (1) working hour and up to a maximum of forty eight (48) working hours.
Interested suppliers must be able to provide a secure PGP service for the transfer of files, have secure premises, there own delivery transport and have a security process in place to check all staff.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

22000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

To provide off site digital print & finishing services to the Bank meeting delivery SLAs.
This contract will be awarded for 36 months with an option to extend this by 2 periods of 12 months, if this is mutually acceptable to both parties.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 250 000 and 1 250 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

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:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
To be outlined in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which will be issued at the end of the EOI period.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 5: and maximum number 7
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: This will be outlined in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which will be issued at the end of the EOI period.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

LM/150

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

27.3.2012 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

3.5.2012

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

The Bank of England also expects to purchase on behalf of its subsidiary The Prudential Regulation Authority (which is expected to be formally incorporated in Spring 2011).
Please note that there is no further documentation available once you have expressed your interest. The Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) will not be published until the end of the Expression of Interest stage (27.3.2012). All communications regarding this tender should be conducted throught the Bank’s tender portal at www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk.

Any emails, faxes or telephone calls to the Bank are not permitted and the Bank is NOT liable for information (or its accuracy) obtained through these formats).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:23.2.2012