Official UK procurement notice
Print and Digital Commmunications
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCrown 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 publishedLot #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.
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.
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.
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04253eFind 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- Notice published13 Dec 2023, 12:57 GMT
- Tender notice expected25 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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.