Official UK procurement notice
Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Managed Print Service
Authority: City of London Corporation (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London (CoL) has for a new Managed Print Services Contract.
The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 12:00 on 19th October 2023 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com ↗).
If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it can do so by downloading, completing and returning the SMT Questionnaire which can be found on the City's eProcurement portal at: www.capitalesourcing.com ↗, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_22830 or itt_COL_17554.
The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s).
Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.
Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.
CPV: Printing and related services · Printing machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its…Planned
SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its proposals but
prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, it seeks input from the market
as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future
procurement opportunity for a Managed Print Services contract. The Corporation’s current Managed Print service contract ends in Aug 2024. This contract covers City of London Corporation, City of London Police, Barbican, Libraries (including public printing), Schools and Print room with a print fleet of 540 devices deployed at around 34 post codes. The print volumes in many areas in the Corporation have reduced post pandemic while some have returned to pre-pandemic levels. The Project’s objective is to procure a new Managed Print services contract to replace the current contract.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2023, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2023, 15:35 BST
- Authority reference
itt_COL_17554- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028659- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040626Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London (CoL) has for a new Managed Print Services Contract. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 12:00 on 19th October 2023 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com). If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it can do so by downloading, completing and returning the SMT Questionnaire which can be found on the City's eProcurement portal at: www.capitalesourcing.com, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_22830 or itt_COL_17554. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s). Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Sept 2023 → 28 Sept 2023 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected28 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published28 Sept 2023, 15:35 BST
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.