Official UK procurement notice
General Office Supplies · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework Agreement is for the provision of General Office Supplies, including Stationery, Office Paper, Electronic Office Supplies (EOS), Catering Goods and Consumables, Janitorial and Hygiene products to the Scottish public sector.
- Recurrence: 4 Years.
CPV: Catering supplies · Cleaning products · Ink cartridges · Office supplies · Sanitary towels or tampons · Toner cartridges
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Scottish Procurement & Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with…CancelledRenewalPublished value£80,000,000
The Scottish Procurement & Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring requirements on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies.
The Framework will cover the provision of General Office Supplies including stationery, office paper, EOS, janitorial supplies, sanitary products and catering supplies. The purpose of this agreement is to provide the Scottish public sector with a supply base with broad service coverage and the capacity, knowledge and experience to deliver a high quality service. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate a current ratio of 0.9 or above from their latest audited accounts. See Question 4B.4 of the SPD.
Current ratio will be calculated as follows: total current assets divided by total current liabilities.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
In the event that the bidder does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the tenderer may still be eligible for consideration where their tender submission is supported by a parent company guarantee.
Minimum: It is a requirement of this framework that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: — public liability insurance in the sum of not less than 1 000 000 GBP for any one incid…
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “General Office Supplies” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 4 Years.
- First published
- 7 Apr 2021, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2022, 13:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 May 2021 – …
- Authority reference
SP-19-036- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002301- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a346Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
Publisher note: The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers, Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group. https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/ Award criteria questions can found in the ITT together with the weightings. (SC Ref:680538)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 May 2021 → 26 Jan 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened18 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published26 Jan 2022, 13:34 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled26 Jan 2022, 13:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria