Y17019 – Supply of Office Paper & Card

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: Y17019 – Supply of Office Paper & Card
2. Awarding Authority:
Commercial Services
Procurement Services Group
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
West Malling
UK
ME19 4YT
Contact: Michael Smith/ Ian Day
Email: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
Phone: +44 1622236767
URL:
3. Contract Type: Products
4. Description: Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of �600 million 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.�1bn on goods and services and a population of 1.5m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the provision of Office Paper & Card. The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority is based upon the ‘Open’ Procedure, as detailed in the ‘Public Contract Regulations 2015’.
5. CPV Codes:
30197643 – Photocopier paper
30197630 – Printing paper
30197645 – Card for printing
6. NUTS Codes: UKJ42
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Any region
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
AJSL-UHK0W4-AJSL-YA2PQ8
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £4,500,000 to £5,500,000
10. Start Date: 01/06/2017
11. End Date: 31/05/2021
12. Closing Date: 13/04/2017
13. Other Information:
Additional Text
Instructions to Suppliers: This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run
by Due North. Interested organisations should go to
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk to register and express interest. To express
interest select ‘Current Opportunities’, from the ‘Organisation’ drop down box
select ‘Commercial Services’, click search and select the appropriate
opportunity. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you
will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will
be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any
other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain
your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the
link is www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS
LINK NOW.

Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract,
no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will
result in the tender submission being disregarded.

ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA
THE PROCONTRACT PORTAL FROM THE OUTSET. Please ensure you are able to download
all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.

Other public bodies will have access to this Agreement but may only do
so with the agreement of the Contracting Authority. Those ‘Accessing Bodies’
who may wish to access this Agreement will be members, affiliates and
associates of 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.

The Agreement will also be open for use by all other local authorities and
public sector bodies. Full details of the classification of potential
Contracting Bodies and End User’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:

Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts of Northern Ireland. See
link:

Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link:

Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. See link:

Classification of End User Organisations

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:

www.education.gov.uk/edubase
www.hefce.ac.uk

Police, Fire & Rescue & Maritime & Coastguard Agency Emergency Services:
See links:

NHS Bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and Ambulance Services:
See links:

Central Government Departments & their Agencies:
See link:

Registered Charities:
See links:

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Registered Social Landlords: Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations
that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and
cooperatives. See link:

Northern Ireland: Administered across 11 Council areas. See link:

Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas. See link:

Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas. 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.
Information about delivery location: Delivery to Kent

For further information/documentation please visit: