Official UK procurement notice
Print Marketplace · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) has established a Framework Contract with a single Supplier to provide, host and manage a system known as Print Marketplace. The Print Marketplace will:
- service the high-volume, low-spend print requirements across the public sector;
- enable public sector Buyers with access to a pre-qualified, dynamic and local supplier base; and
- offer real-time instant pricing across the print landscape.
The Supplier will provide a full end to end service including the management of: the system, the print supply chain and Buyer registrations and support. CCS is partnering with YPO to put this Framework Contract in place.
The full requirements are set out in Attachment 10 - Framework Schedule 5 (Specification), in the ITT.
CPV: Advertising material · Advertising stickers and strips · Bespoke printed matter · Booklets · Brochures · Card for printing · Catalogues · Cheque forms · Computer platforms · Continuous business forms · Electoral forms · Entrance cards · +15 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1(nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and…
(nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and requirements)
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has established a Framework Contract with a single Supplier to
provide, host and manage a system known as Print Marketplace.
The Print Marketplace will:
- service the high-volume, low-spend print requirements across the public sector;
- enable public sector Buyers with access to a pre-qualified, dynamic and local supplier base; and
- offer real-time instant pricing across the print landscape.
The Supplier will provide a full end to end service including the management of: the system, the print
supply chain and Buyer registrations and support.
CCS has partnered with YPO to put this Framework Contract in place.
The full requirements are set out in Attachment 10 - Framework Schedule 5 (Specification), in the ITT.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Dec 2022, 10:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Dec 2022, 10:02 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6071- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-034439- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In accordance with Regulation 72 paragraph 1 (e ) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, CCS intends to modify the Print Marketplace Framework Agreement (RM6071 (PMP)) by extending the term by 6 months.
PMP was awarded on 15th June 2020 (www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/819bead0-9e5d… ↗), as a brand new digital offering for purchasing print and supplementing the Print Management Services framework.
Due to delays in the mobilisation stage the framework did not ‘Go Live’ until 16th December 2020, effectively losing 6 months from the framework term.
Also, the CCS Print strategy has evolved and moving forward the PMP will be merged into the next Print Management framework as a standalone lot for the next procurement. However due to the differing timescales of the 2 frameworks, this would result in a 6 month gap in service for PMP (which finishes earlier) hence the need for the extension.
As a result of the modification PMP will now expire on 15th December 2024 which is in line with the Print Management Services framework (RM6170), which is due to expire in December 2024.
The re-procurement for both services will begin together in 2023 subject to project timescales.
This modification will not result in any change to the original Framework Agreement value and it accommodates the delay in mobilisation and alignment to the Print Management re-procurement.
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this Contract Award Notice, the following documents can be accessed at; https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/819bead0-9e5d-4a7c-a7bd-cbaabd37a63c
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 034439-2022-1
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2020
- Value
- £200,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.