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Published 25 Oct 2021, 10:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Electoral Printing Services until 2026 (S&R/2021/17)

Official notice

Authority: Stoke on Trent City Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£408,862published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Nov 2021awarded 22 Feb 2022
Awarded to Print Image Network Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Printing required for annual canvass in 2022 until 2026. Printing for rolling registration under Individual Electoral registration on a monthly basis. Printing required for local elections in 2023, PFCC in 2024 and Parliamentary elections when required (next scheduled parliamentary poll in 2024). Postage would also need to be included for canvass and election stationery. Also availability would be required for any snap elections, borough elections and referenda if required.

CPV: Bespoke printed matter · Electoral forms · Printing and distribution services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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: 55%Price: 40%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Ability to meet the Council’s deadlines for print: 18%
  • Continuity Planning: 10%
  • Ability to print the required materials: 17%
  • Provision of audit support: 10%
  • price: 40%
  • Social value: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Ability to meet the Council’s deadlines for print: 18
  • Continuity Planning: 10
  • Ability to print the required materials: 17
  • Provision of audit support: 10
  • Social value: 5
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Oct 2021, 10:02 BST
Last source update
2 Mar 2022, 10:24 GMT
Award evaluation window
29 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN567976
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005667
Classification (CPV)
Bespoke printed matterElectoral formsPrinting and distribution services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG23)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Nov 2021, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Nov 2021 → 2 Mar 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Nov 2021, 14:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 Mar 2022, 10:24 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Mar 2022, 10:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £408,8621 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 43 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Print Image Network Ltd£408,862 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Print Image Network LimitedAwarded supplier Image House, 10 Acorn Business Park, Heaton Lane, Stockport, North West, SK4 1ASContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.