CT1483 Letter Distribution · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)

Services

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Planned pipeline value£125,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2024from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this notice is to inform the market of the intention of the City of Edinburgh Council (the “Council”) to tender a Services contract for the provision of "Door Drop" distribution services and lamppost wraps for the Communications Team.

The Councils aim is to appoint a distribution company to provide "Door Drop" services and erect lamppost wraps around the City to support campaigns and raise Citizen awareness of Council activities.

It is expected that the new contract shall operate from December 2024 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council’s discretion) to extend for a further two periods of one year each.

CPV: Printing and distribution services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The team in Print, Mail and Scan produce mailings for various departments throughout…Planned

The team in Print, Mail and Scan produce mailings for various departments throughout the Council and produce lamppost wraps for the Communications team which support their campaigns and raise citizen awareness of Council activities.

These mailings are for targeted addresses E.G. the Council may be planning to upgrade the road network in a particular area – EH1, therefore, there may be a statutory notice period for this type of work and the most effective way to communicate with all the residents of this area is to produce a “door drop”.

The Door Drops work by using companies to post communication leaflets or letters through all the doors of that area.

Communications will target certain areas to ensure there is a good spread of knowledge around the City.

Delivery: Scotland

79824000 Printing and distribution services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 Aug 2024, 14:58 BST
Last source update: 23 Aug 2024, 14:58 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-027115
Classification (CPV): Printing and distribution services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0493b3 Find a Tender

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=775999. (SC Ref:775999)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Aug 2024 → 1 Oct 2024 · 2 dates

Notice published
23 Aug 2024, 14:58 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Waverly Court, Edinburgh, Scotland, eh88bgContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.