Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
UK
Contact person: Patricia Convery
Telephone: +44 3001236789
E-mail: p.convery@nms.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nms.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00423
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Production of Membership publication
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79970000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Editorial content, project management, production, design, print and fulfilment of National Museums Scotland's (NMS) supporters magazine, explorer, producing 3 issues per year over 3 years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
210 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
22000000
22100000
22213000
22200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Scope of work
Project management – manage the co-ordination and delivery of the magazine. Attend start-up meetings and planning meetings at the start of each issue
Editorial content – working with the internal team, plan, commission, write and deliver all content
Design – design each issue of the magazine to a high standard and within the museum’s brand guidelines
Production – manage full production of the magazine including proofing, artworking and print
Fulfilment and distribution – manage fulfilment and distribution of the magazine to its readership.
Operate in line with NMS standard terms and conditions for the purchase of services https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1157131/585-standard-tpluscs-services.pdf
Bidders should refer to the additional document, Specification — Schedule A for further information.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80 %
Price
/ Weighting:
20 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 133-327240
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: JUL360225
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Connect Publications (Scotland) Ltd
Studio 2001 Mile End, 12 Seedhill Road
Paisley
PA1 1JS
UK
Telephone: +44 1415610300
Fax: +44 1415610400
NUTS: UKM83
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 210 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Additional information can be found in Specification — Schedule A
(SC Ref:607475)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF
UK
Telephone: +44 3001236789
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.nms.ac.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/12/2019