Provide Printing Services to St Helens Council
The Council has taken the decision to close the in-house Print Unit. Going forward, all print will be outsourced to external providers via this contract.
United Kingdom-St Helens: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
2016/S 025-040393
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
St Helens Council
St Helens Town Hall, Victoria Square
For the attention of: Mrs Rachel McGreal
WA10 1HP St Helens
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1744676789
E-mail: rachelmcgreal@sthelens.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1744676789
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.sthelens.gov.uk
Electronic access to information: http://www.the-chest.org.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.the-chest.org.uk
Further information can be obtained from: St Helens Council
St Helens Town Hall, Victoria Square
For the attention of: Mrs Rachel McGreal
WA10 1HP St Helens
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1744676789
E-mail: rachelmcgreal@sthelens.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1744676789
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: St Helens Council
St Helens Town Hall, Victoria Square
For the attention of: Mrs Rachel McGreal
WA10 1HP St Helens
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1744676789
E-mail: rachelmcgreal@sthelens.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1744676789
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: St.Helens Council
St. Helens Town Hall, Victoria Square
For the attention of: Mrs Rachel McGreal
WA10 1HP St.Helens
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1744676789
E-mail: rachelmcgreal@sthelens.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1744676789
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
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
Service category No 15: Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
NUTS code UK
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Council has taken the decision to close the in-house Print Unit. Going forward, all print will be outsourced to external providers via this contract.
High-quality, cost-effective, timely external provision of print services is required across the full spectrum of print media. The Council is therefore seeking to appoint a limited number of external print companies to provide high-quality print services.
The duration of the contract will be for a period of 1-year with an option of 2, 1-year extensions subject to review.
If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity, you must be logged into the Chest website (www.the-chest.org.uk) and use the ‘express interest’ button/link below.
No tender documents will be sent to you — you need to navigate to the ‘my opportunities’ section and download the documents from the Chest website. There is a document available in the public attachments that will assist you with this.
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity — please post them on the ‘discussions’ facility on the Chest. Messages sent outside of the Chest will not be responded to. Deadline for questions is: 26.2.2016 at 12:00 noon.
All Submissions must be sent through the Chest. Submissions sent via any other method will not be accepted.
Please ensure that you leave enough time to upload your documents before the closing date/time, as late submissions may not be accepted.
The deadline for submissions is: 3.3.2016 at 13:00.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000
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:
The Council has taken the decision to close the in-house Print Unit. Going forward, all print will be outsourced to external providers via this contract.
High-quality, cost-effective, timely external provision of print services is required across the full spectrum of print media. The Council is therefore seeking to appoint a limited number of external print companies to provide high-quality print services.
The duration of the contract will be for a period of 1-year with an option of 2, 1-year extensions subject to review.
If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity, you must be logged into the Chest website (www.the-chest.org.uk) and use the ‘express interest’ button/link below.
No tender documents will be sent to you — you need to navigate to the ‘my opportunities’ section and download the documents from the Chest website. There is a document available in the public attachments that will assist you with this.
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity — please post them on the ‘discussions’ facility on the Chest. Messages sent outside of the Chest will not be responded to. Deadline for questions is: 26.2.2016 at 12:00 noon.
All Submissions must be sent through the Chest. Submissions sent via any other method will not be accepted.
Please ensure that you leave enough time to upload your documents before the closing date/time, as late submissions may not be accepted.
The deadline for submissions is: 3.3.2016 at 13:00.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 350 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Main printing requirements
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Envelope Printing
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79000000
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.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
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.3.3)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
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
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.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: