Washroom Paper

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: Washroom Paper
2. Awarding Authority:
Commercial Services
Procurement Services Group
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
West Malling
UK
ME19 4YT
Contact: Michael Smith
Email: psg@commercialservices.org.uk
Phone: +44 1622236767
URL: Not Provided
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 Washroom Paper. 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:
33760000 – Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes
6. NUTS Codes: UKJ42
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: South East
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
A9GK-84H5RG-A9GK-VHNZW6
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £3,500,000 to £7,200,000
10. Start Date: 01/08/2016
11. End Date: 31/07/2020
12. Closing Date: 01/06/2016
13. Other Information:
Instructions to Suppliers
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.
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