Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-01-20
Buyer: Kent County Council
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30121100 | 30121200 | 30121300 | 30123000 | 30125000
Award criteria: Quality of Service/ Added Value, Ability to meet requirement, Cost

Technical requirements: Quality of Service/ Added Value
Ability to meet requirement
Cost
Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of 600 000 000 GBP and employing over 700 people from its base in Kent. Tracing its roots back to 1902, as an education stores department for Kent County Council, Commercial Services has subsequently grown organically to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and the emergency services. KCS is a trading unit of Commercial Services and provides a purchasing, warehousing and distribution service to a wide ranging customer base within local government and associated public bodies in Kent, neighbouring counties and across the UK. Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of circa. 1 000 000 000 000 GBP on goods and services with a population of 1 500 000. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 309 parish/town councils. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS, on behalf of the Central Buying Consortium, has created a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the supply and delivery of Managed Services for Business Solutions.‘Managed Service' is the practice of outsourcing day-to-day management responsibilities and functions as a strategic method for transforming and improving business processes and cutting operating costs. The service may include, but not be limited to, software, hardware, digital mailroom, and purchase to pay automation, cloud storage, document workflow management, data security and data loss prevention systems, Customer communication management systems and other IP networking Services.
The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority is based upon the “Open” Procedure, as detailed in the 'Public Contract Regulations 2015’.
The estimated value of the Agreement is between 0 GBP and 50 000 000 GBP dependent on take up. As a Framework Agreement with multiple suppliers this Agreement offers no guarantee of purchase throughout its lifetime.
Other public bodies will have access to this Agreement but may only do so with the Agreement of the Contracting Authority. Those organisations who may wish to access this Agreement will be members, affiliates and associates of the CBC Group, Local government authorities, the Police Service, the Fire Service, the NHS & NHS Trusts, third sector organisations, academic centres (including Academies), publicly funded organisations and publicly owned private companies, operating within the geographic boundaries of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.
Full details of the classification of potential Contracting Bodies and Customer's geographical areas and organisation classifications are detailed as follows:
Regions in England: Main Regions:- East Midlands; West Midlands; East of England; South East; South West;North West; North East; Yorkshire & Humber; London or to individual administering Councils. See link:
Local Authority Councils: County, Unitary, District, Borough, and Metropolitan Councils. (Parish and Community Councils are also permissible users). See link:
Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School,Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University. See links:
Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing.They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives. See link:
Suppliers are advised that the Contracting Authority, its affiliates and/or authorised users, reserve the right to supply the tendered products, Services, and commodities to companies that have a majority public sector ownership by any of the public sector bodies referred to above during the Agreement period as stated in this document, for the purpose of selling to other public, private and third sector organisations.


Number of bids: 5