Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 13 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Print and Digital Commmunications

Official notice

Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)

3 lotsServices
Planned pipeline value£1,700,000,000total for 3 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 25 Mar 2024from the planned procurement notice
Lots 3see the lot list below

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Crown Commercial Service, as the Authority, intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of printed matter, digital communications and related products for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.

The agreement shall include multiple routes to market (Direct Award, Further Competition, Click and Buy Digital Platform) for purchasing print products, digital communications and all associated services to provide an end to end print management service.

The scope shall include all types of print such as operational, transactional, and secure print, and the associated services such as direct mail, storage, fulfilment and distribution, digital asset management, digital solutions, omni channel communications, content creation, pre-production services, media duplication and official papers.

The lotting structure of this framework has been determined as a result of market engagement and is as follows:

Lot 1 Print and Digital Communications (Direct Award, including Command & House Papers)

Lot 2 Print and Digital Communications (Further Competition)

Lot 3 Print Marketplace

Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.

CPV: Advertising material · Advertising stickers and strips · Booklets · Brochures · Business forms · Card for printing · Catalogues · Cheque forms · Computer platforms · Continuous business forms · Electoral forms · Entrance cards · +17 more

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Print and Digital Communications (Direct Award)Planned

Single supplier, Direct Award lot.

Provision of Command and House Paper Service.

The scope shall include the print management services for all types of print such as operational, transactional, and secure print, election print, and the associated services such as direct mail, storage, fulfilment and distribution, digital asset management, digital solutions, omni channel communications, content creation, pre-production services, media duplication and official papers.

Delivery: UK
Lot #2Print and Digital Communications (Further Competition)Planned

Multiple suppliers, Further Competition lot.

The scope shall include the print management services for all types of print such as operational, transactional, and secure print, election print, and the associated services such as direct mail, storage, fulfilment and distribution, digital asset management, digital solutions, omni channel communications, content creation, pre-production services, media duplication and official papers.

Delivery: UK
Lot #3Print MarketplacePlanned

Single supplier for the provision of a technology platform for a self-serve print solution. This will enable end users in the public sector to access real-time pricing on a dynamic basis from local print suppliers for a wide range of print requirements.

Delivery: UK

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
13 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
Last source update
13 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
Authority reference
RM6297
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036642
Classification (CPV)
Advertising materialAdvertising stickers and stripsBookletsBrochuresBusiness formsCard for printingCataloguesCheque formsComputer platformsContinuous business forms
+19 moreElectoral formsEntrance cards
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04253e Find a Tender

Publisher note: This Prior Information Notice is to signal our intention to release our next iteration of the CCS Print framework and to gauge interest within the Print market. Please express your interest by emailing ccsprintteam@crowncommercial.gov.uk no later than midday on 31st January 2024. Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in any market engagement and the lots you would be interested in bidding for. As part of this prior information notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1133854c-44c5-40fe-b63c-67587a1d92f0 Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in the market engagement and the lots you would be interested in bidding for. Procurement information: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page (https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming) for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. Supplier assurance requirements: The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials Plus certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement. The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Plus Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement. Additional supplier assurance requirements will be made available during the market engagement sessions and at the time of tender release.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Dec 2023 → 25 Mar 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    25 Mar 2024

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

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic Procurement 9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, UK, L3 9PPContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.