National Education Printer Agreement 3 (Nepa 3)

A Tender Notice
by NEUPC LTD

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Goods)
Duration
4 year
Value
£60M
Sector
FACILITY
Published
23 Oct 2024
Delivery
To 08 Nov 2028 (est.)
Deadline
29 Nov 2024 16:00

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom: UNITED KINGDOM

Geochart for 6 buyers and 0 suppliers

Description

North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd (NEUPC) is one of six UK Higher Education purchasing consortia established to deliver and manage a wide range of collaborative framework agreements designed to maximise third party expenditure within the higher education sector.

Lot Division

1 Non-Managed Print Equipment Only
  • Value: £2M

This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 1 suppliers must supply an approved range of print equipment and associated options for ordering institutions to manage themselves. Though the focus of lot 1 must supply an approved range of print equipment and associated options for ordering institutions to manage themselves. Though the focus of lot 1 is new machines, remanufactured machines may be specified by the customer. Remanufactured machines must be of the same build quality as new machines and match their performance and warranty. See ITT for full details. Additional information: The Procurement will be conducted via the Delta e-sourcing portal on the notice link. Under no circumstances shall NEUPC incur any liability in respect of this ITT or any supporting documentation. NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to Contract, or to cancel the Tender and will incur no Liability in doing so.

Award Criteria
Framework & Contract Management 6
Marketing 2
Responsible Procurement and Social Value 10
Supply Chain & Logistics 2.4
Product Range & Security 12.6
Post Sales Support 3
Lot specific 24
Basket of goods 40
2 Managed Print
  • Value: £28M

This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 2 suppliers must supply a range of approved print related equipment and in addition offer a managed service covering institutional print requirements. See the ITT for full details. Additional information: The Procurement will be conducted via the Delta e-sourcing portal on the notice link. Under no circumstances shall NEUPC incur any liability in respect of this ITT or any supporting documentation. NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to Contract, or to cancel the Tender and will incur no Liability in doing so.

Award Criteria
Framework & Contract Management 6
Marketing 2
Responsible Procurement and Social Value 10
Supply Chain & Logistics 2.4
Product Range & Security 12.6
Post Sales Support 3
Lot Specific 24
Basket of Goods 40
3 Production Print
  • Value: £5M

TThis agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 3 suppliers must supply an appropriate range of approved production print equipment and machinery. Additional Finishing options both on and offline. Conformance to a highly responsive SLA. Print Management Software and associated peripherals, & finishing kit. See ITT for full details. Additional information: The Procurement will be conducted via the Delta e-sourcing portal on the notice link. Under no circumstances shall NEUPC incur any liability in respect of this ITT or any supporting documentation. NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to Contract, or to cancel the Tender and will incur no Liability in doing so.

Award Criteria
Framework & Contract Management 6
Marketing 2
Responsible Procurement and Social Value 10
Supply Chain & Logistics 2.4
Product Range & Security 12.6
Post Sales Support 3
Lot Specific 24
Basket of Goods 40
4 One Stop Shop
  • Value: £25M

This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. One-stop shop for the supply of Non-Managed Printers, Managed printers and MFDs plus production print equipment with the ability to provide a managed service where required (as specified in Lots 1, 2 and 3). Lot 4 - Any bidders confirming a bid for Lot 4 One Stop Shop that are successfully appointed to 2 or more specialist lots (Lots 1-3) shall automatically be awarded a place on Lot 4.See ITT for full details. Additional information: The Procurement will be conducted via the Delta e-sourcing portal on the notice link. Under no circumstances shall NEUPC incur any liability in respect of this ITT or any supporting documentation. NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to Contract, or to cancel the Tender and will incur no Liability in doing so.

Award Criteria
Framework & Contract Management 6
Marketing 2
Responsible Procurement and Social Value 10
Supply Chain & Logistics 2.4
Product Range & Security 12.6
Post Sales Support 3
Lot Specific 24
Basket of Goods 40

CPV Codes

  • 30232100 - Printers and plotters
  • 30232110 - Laser printers
  • 30232120 - Dot-matrix printers
  • 30232130 - Colour graphics printers
  • 30232150 - Inkjet printers
  • 30121100 - Photocopiers
  • 30120000 - Photocopying and offset printing equipment
  • 30121000 - Photocopying and thermocopying equipment
  • 30121200 - Photocopying equipment
  • 30123000 - Office and business machines
  • 30237310 - Font cartridges for printers
  • 50313100 - Photocopier repair services
  • 50313200 - Photocopier maintenance services
  • 79800000 - Printing and related services
  • 30125100 - Toner cartridges
  • 30125110 - Toner for laser printers/fax machines
  • 30125120 - Toner for photocopiers
  • 42962000 - Printing and graphics equipment
  • 42991200 - Printing machinery
  • 42991500 - Parts of printing or bookbinding machinery
  • 48773000 - Print utility software package
  • 48773100 - Print-spooling software package
  • 48970000 - Print shop software package
  • 30192320 - Printer ribbons

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Options are available.
  • Renewals are not available.

Other Information

NEUPC wishes to award a national framework agreement to service the requirements of the UK Consortia Higher Education Institutions and Associate & Affiliate members for the supply of a full document print equipment supply capability including Managed print & production print along with related services and peripherals through a framework for the complete provision of print equipment, services and associated finishing options across four lots. NEUPC intends to award up-to the 8 top ranked suppliers for lots 1, 2 and 3 to the framework, Lot 4 - Any bidders confirming a bid for Lot 4 One Stop Shop that are successfully appointed to 2 or more specialist lots (Lots 1-3) shall automatically be awarded a place on Lot 4. see the ITT document for full details. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Printers-and-plotters./FK... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FKQ8SJ4X38 GO Reference: GO-20241023-PRO-28253114

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