United Kingdom-Edinburgh: Printing and related services – Framework Lead

The current contract for Printing and related services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 16-SEP-18 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:: Print and Associated Services.

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Locations throughout Scotland mainly across Central Belt but including some geographically dispersed areas.
NUTS code UK

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 17
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 10 000 000 and 30 000 000 GBP

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This is a Framework Agreement for the provision of Print and Associated Services, broken down into 4 Lots, Lot 1 will cover the provision of Litho/Digital Print Services, Lot 2 will cover the provision of Web Print Services and Lots 3 and 4 will cover the provision of NHS Special Print Services for Specimen Bags and Special Labels.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
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Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: no

Information about renewals: This contract is subject to renewal: no