Tender for Graphic Design Artwork and Print Services
HSENI wishes to appoint an experienced contractor to provide graphic design, artwork and print management.
United Kingdom-Belfast: Printing and delivery services
2020/S 094-225725
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: 83 Ladas Drive
Town: Belfast
NUTS code: UK
Postal code: BT6 9FR
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
ID 2780982 — DfE — HSENI — Provision of Graphic Design Artwork and Print Services for HSENI
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
HSENI wishes to appoint an experienced contractor to provide graphic design, artwork and print management. The successful contractor will be required to provide a print management function and if necessary may sub contract the print element as required. The appointed contractor will also be responsible for the quality and delivery of the final print products.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
HSENI wishes to appoint an experienced contractor to provide graphic design, artwork and print management. The successful contractor will be required to provide a print management function and if necessary may sub contract the print element as required. The appointed contractor will also be responsible for the quality and delivery of the final print products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The client may at any time before the completion of the initial contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 36 months commencing from the expiry date of the initial contract period.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
The client may at any time before the completion of the initial contract period invite the contractor to agree to extend for any period up to and including 36 months commencing from the expiry date of the initial contract period.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
The total estimated value in II.2.6) is based on historical usage of the service. No guarantee of work is given for this contract as it is a demand driven service.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
As per tender documentation.
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
As per tender documentation.
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
Only CPD Procurement Staff with access to the project on eTendersNI.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Prior to expiry of this contract.
VI.3)Additional information:
The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 — Contract Management — procedures and principles). Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. A central register of such notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website. Any contractor in receipt of a notice of unsatisfactory performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for a period of 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy. The authority expressly reserves the rights:
I. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
II. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
III. to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and
IV. to award contract(s) in stages, and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
VI.4.1)Review body
Town: UK
Country: United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: