Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-20
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22821000 | 30123400 | 30124520 | 30130000 | 30131000
Estimated value: 4140000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-07-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative agreement for the provision of postal goods and services to be utilised by central government departments and all other UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education and devolved administrations. It is intended that this commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all postal goods and services required by UK public sector bodies, which include central government departments and their arm's length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies, NHS bodies, local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, charities and devolved administrations. CCS is partnering with YPO and ESPO to put this agreement in place. The duration of the Framework Agreement is four (4) years with the option to enable customers to let a call-off agreement that may extend beyond the life of the Framework Agreement.
If bidding for Lot 5 the successful supplier shall provide independent, vendor neutral services to buyers that access this Lot 5. The supplier shall not be permitted to perform any of the services under any other lots of this framework contract, this is to ensure the integrity and independence of the services.
This will be a single supplier lot. The supplier shall provide low to medium volume capacity franking machines (including weighing scales) capable of processing up to 200 items of mail per day. This lot also includes maintenance services, service wrap provisions and consumables pertaining to the operation of the equipment to ensure it is kept in good working order.
CCS will conduct an eAuction for Lot 1 only. For the avoidance of doubt, only bids that fully meet the requirement for quality and the technical specification will be deemed admissible bids to participate in the eAuction. CCS reserves the right to not perform an eAuction and to revert to a sealed bid price evaluation, where the lowest price will be awarded maximum price score.
This will be a multi-supplier lot that shall provide a wide range of requirements for franking machines, mailroom equipment, furniture, accessories, consumables and software, supporting maintenance services and service wraps pertaining to the operation of the equipment and ensuring it is kept in good working order.
It is envisaged that a framework contract will be awarded to 10 suppliers for this lot. Maximum number of bids may increase for this lot where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position for Lots 2-10. Last position for Lot 2 is 10
This will be a multi-supplier lot. The supplier shall provide a collection and delivery service for letters, large letters, and parcels which are collected from Buyer Site(s) for onward delivery within the UK including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The maximum number of bidder for this lot may increase where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position for Lots 2-10. Last position for Lot 3 is 15
This will be a multi-supplier lot. The supplier shall provide collection and delivery service, for letters, large letters and parcels which are collected from buyer site(s) for onward delivery to international destinations.
The maximum number of bidder for this lot may increase where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position for Lots 2-10. Last position for Lot 4 is 10
This is a multi-supplier lot. The supplier shall provide independent audits, efficiency reviews and niche consultancy services specific to mailroom operations and associated document and data management. Suppliers should be aware that if bidding for Lot 5 and are successful on Lot 5, suppliers will not be allowed to perform any other services on any other lot.
The maximum number of bidder for this lot may increase where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position for Lots 2-10. Last position for Lot 5 is 10
This is a multi-supplier lot. The supplier shall provide a fully outsourced managed service including on/off-site mailroom management, digital mailroom management and document and data management services.
The maximum number of bidder for this lot may increase where 2 or more bidders have tied scores in last position. We also reserve the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score is within 1 % of the last position for Lots 2-10. Last position for Lot 6 is 10
This is a multi-supplier lot. The supplier shall provide Hybrid Mail, Digital and transformational communication service that can be delivered at the buyer premises (on-site) or at the supplier’s premises (off-site) or a blend of both.

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the Directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") registering for access.

Award value: 4140000000