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Published 24 Feb 2022, 10:28 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Full Managed Print Services and Print Outsourcing Services

Official notice

Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£100,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cantium Business Solutions (Cantium) is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo), whose ultimate parent company is Kent County Council (KCC). Cantium provides tailored ICT, HR, and Finance services to its customers across the UK, including support for all Kent County Council offices and over 600 Schools. We’re proud of our Public Sector heritage, which has given us a foundation in business delivery and infrastructure insight. This uniquely enables us to drive innovation and progressive practices to deliver the best value for our clients.

Cantium Business Solutions Limited is looking to partner with the successful bidder(s) to be able to provide Full Managed Print Services and Print Outsourcing Services for ourselves and to our customers.

Any contractual offer made will be against a zero-value agreement as any sales will be based on best value for our customers.

The contract is for a maximum length of 60 months based on an initial fixed term of 12 months after which a 3 months break clause will apply to the balance of the term. The contract will expire in its entirety after 60 months or earlier if the break clause is applied.

Further background and technical information can be found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

CPV: Computer equipment and supplies

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£100,000,000
Delivery: UK
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: 80%Social value: 20%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Mandatory Requirements (including Tender Forms): 50%
  • General Requirements (including Security Questionnaire): 20%
  • Service Quality: 10%
  • Value Added Services (including Social Value): 20%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Mandatory Requirements (including Tender Forms): 50%
  • General Requirements (including Security Questionnaire): 20%
  • Value Added Services (including Social Value): 20%
  • Service Quality: 10%
  • Price: 0

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
Closed
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
24 Feb 2022, 10:28 GMT
Last source update
24 Feb 2022, 10:28 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN595358
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005113
Classification (CPV)
Computer equipment and supplies
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031a95 Find a Tender

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
28 Mar 2022, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Mar 2022, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Feb 2022 → 28 Mar 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Feb 2022, 10:28 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2022, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    28 Mar 2022, 17:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cantium Business Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services West Malling, UK, ME19 4AEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.