ID 3876738 DfE SRC - Provision of Print Services for Further Education Colleges NI

Concepts

• printing and distribution
• southern regional college
• belfast
• antrim
• omagh
• londonderry
• newtownards
• newry
• further education colleges ni
• north west regional college

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

On behalf of the six regional colleges in Northern Ireland (Southern Regional College, Belfast Metropolitan College, North West Regional College, South West College, South Eastern Regional College and the Northern Regional College) the Southern Regional College (SRC) wishes to appoint a Contractor to deliver print services for the sector. The Contract will commence upon the date of Contract award for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for two further periods of 2 years each.

Renewal Options

The Contract will commence upon the date of Contract award for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for two further periods of 2 years each.

CPV Codes

• 79824000 - Printing and distribution services
• 79823000 - Printing and delivery services
• 79800000 - Printing and related services
• 79810000 - Printing services
• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The figure indicated in 11.1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract, however, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a. specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice. This contract will not be awarded in Lots as a single supplier is required.