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Published 21 Jul 2023, 15:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bulk Printing and Mailing Services for The London Borough of Harrow

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Harrow (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,200,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 19 Oct 2023awarded 24 Jan 2024
Awarded to Financial Data Management Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a Bulk Printing and Mailing Services for The London Borough of Harrow.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1A service contract for the processing, production, collation, printing, enveloping,…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,200,000

A service contract for the processing, production, collation, printing, enveloping, mailing and delivery of both personalised and non-personalised documents relating to but not limited to Council Tax, Business Rates, BID’s (business improvement districts), Council Tax Support, Housing Benefits (including Housing Benefit Overpayments) and Parking Notices. The contract also includes comms/environment leaflets and mailshots works.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract is for 4 years with an optional extension clause of 2 years in periods at the discretion of the Council. A contract option allows the purchase of additional/similar services up to a maximum value of £60,000 pa. · The Council is looking for potential service provider to be awarded a contract for a period of 48 months with the option to extend for a further 24 months at the discretion of the Council.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 45%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 45
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 45
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
21 Jul 2023, 15:13 BST
Last source update
20 Feb 2024, 09:22 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN679580
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005464
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e462 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the Service/supplies at its sole discretion. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all cost incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicants/tenderers risk.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: London Tenders Portal
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
Submission deadline
19 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Sept 2023 → 20 Feb 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    19 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    19 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    20 Feb 2024, 09:22 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2023
  1. Published value published: £1,200,000
    19 Sept 2023, 10:11 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Sept 2023, 10:11 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Sept 2023, 10:11 BST
  4. Deadline published: 19 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
    19 Sept 2023, 10:11 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    20 Feb 2024, 09:22 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    20 Feb 2024, 09:22 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jan 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Financial Data Management LtdSMEBulk Printing and Mailing Services——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
A service contract for the processing, production, collation, printing, enveloping,…3bids · 3 electronic1—£419,068 – £899,068
Whole notice———£419,068 – £899,068

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Harrow Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services London Borough of Harrow, Forward Drive, Harrow, UK, HA3 8FLContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria