Tender for Stationary and Office Sundries

Kent County Council (through KCS)
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
For the attention of: Mr Michael Smith
ME19 4YT West Malling
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Kent County Council (through KCS)
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings hill
For the attention of: Mr Michael Smith
ME19 4YT West Malling
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 (through KCS)
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings hill
For the attention of: Mr Michael Smith
ME19 4YT West Malling
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Kent County Council (through KCS)
1 Abbey Wood Road Kings hill
For the attention of: Mr Michael Smith
ME19 4YT West Malling
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1622236767
E-mail: psg@commercialservices.org.uk

Regional or local authority

General public services

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Kent County Council
County Hall
ME14 1XQ Maidstone
UNITED KINGDOM

Stationary and Office Sundries.

Supplies
Purchase

NUTS code UKJ4

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 0

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 0

Commercial Services is 1 of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of 600 000 000 GBP and employing over 700 people from its base in Kent. Tracing its roots back to 1 902, as an education stores department for Kent County Council, Commercial Services has subsequently grown organically to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and the emergency services.
KCS is a trading unit of Commercial Services and provides a purchasing, warehousing and distribution service to a wide ranging customer base within local government and associated public bodies in Kent, neighbouring counties and across the UK.
Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of circa.1 000 000 000 GBP on goods and services and a population of 1 500 000. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils.
In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the provision of Stationery and Office sundries.
The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority is based upon the ‘Open’ Procedure, as detailed in the ‘Public Contract Regulations 2015′.
Other public bodies will have access to this Agreement but may only do so with the agreement of the Contracting Authority. Those organisations who may wish to access this Agreement will be members, affiliates and associates of the Police Service, the Fire Service, the NHS and 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 and 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

Members of Procurement Consortia may also have access. Consortia includes:

CBC — http://www3.hants.gov.uk/cbc

ESPO — https://www.espo.org

YPO — http://www.ypo.co.uk

Pro5 — http://www.pro5.org

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

http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/aboutus/members/Pages/default.aspx

Police, Fire and Rescue and Maritime and 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.aspx

http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts

http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations

http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

Central Government Departments and their Agencies:
See link:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

Registered Charities:
See links:

http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx

http://www.oscr.org.uk/

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/contacts/contacts-az.htm/housing-associations-contact

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.uk

http://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-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

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.

30192000, 30192100, 30192130, 30192132, 30192700, 30193200, 30196200, 30197220

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

Variants will be accepted: no

There are 6 individual product LOTs. These are:
1. Adhesive Tapes,
2. Office Books and Pads,
3. Office Fasteners,
4. Office Sundries,
5. Scissors,
6. Pencils, Markers and Sketching.

Options: no

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

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

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

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

Open

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

Y16048

Payable documents: no

21.4.2016 – 14:00

English.

in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Date: 21.4.2016 – 14:30
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

This is a recurrent procurement: no

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

This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run by Due North. Interested organisations should go towww.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.

17.3.2016