Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Association of North East Councils Limited trading as NEPO (Central Purchasing Body)
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Contact person: Carl Telford
Telephone: +44 1916380040
E-mail: carl.telford@nepo.org
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
Address of the buyer profile: www.nepo.org
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NEPO502 Office Supplies
Reference number: NEPO502
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
NEPO seeks to establish a framework agreement for the provision of office supplies. Included within the scope of the framework agreement are general office supplies and electronic office consumables, divided into the following two lots:
Lot 1: General Office Supplies;
Lot 2: Electronic Office Consumables.
The framework agreement will be made available to all members and associate members of NEPO including local authorities and other contracting authorities located in the United Kingdom.
A list of members of NEPO is available here https://www.nepo.org/about and a list of associate members is available here https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
General Office Supplies
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30190000
30000000
30100000
30191000
30192700
30197000
30197600
30197642
30197643
30199000
30237200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework agreement will consist of two lots. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender documents.
The most economically advantageous tenderer for each lot will be awarded onto the framework agreement. It is intended that a maximum of four suppliers will be appointed to the framework agreement. Suppliers will be ranked and the second ranked supplier in each lot will only be required if the first ranked supplier cannot fulfil any of the contract requirements, at any stage during the framework agreement, due to service deliver and/or capacity failure.
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your tender please contact the System Support Team on 03300050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System(http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any contracting authority using the framework agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Social value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 65
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Electronic Office Consumables
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30190000
30125100
30125110
30125120
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NEPO are using an open procedure for the procurement of this framework agreement. The framework agreement will consist of two lots. Suppliers will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender documents.
The most economically advantageous tenderer for each lot will be awarded onto the framework agreement. It is intended that a maximum of four suppliers will be appointed to the framework agreement. Suppliers will be ranked and the second ranked supplier in each lot will only be required if the first ranked supplier cannot fulfil any of the contract requirements, at any stage during the framework agreement, due to service deliver and/or capacity failure.
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this framework must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender System. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your tender please contact the System Support Team on 03300050352. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information, etc., please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System(http://proactis.kayako.com/) and select ProContract V3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com This will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactics Supplier Support Helpdesk.
NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any contracting authority using the framework agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Social value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 65
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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:
2020/S 167-405997
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NEPO502
Title: General Office Supplies
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/11/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lyreco UK Ltd
00442696
Deer Park Court, Donnington Wood
Telford
TF2 7NB
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.wearelyreco.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Banner Group Ltd
05510758
Newland House, Tuscany Park, Express Way
Normanton
WF6 2TZ
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.banneruk.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 24 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: 2
Title: Electronic Office Consumables
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/11/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lyreco UK Ltd
00442696
Deer Court Park, Donnington Wood
Telford
TF2 7NB
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.wearelyreco.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Banner Group Ltd
Newland House, Tuscany Park, Express Way
Normanton
WF6 2TZ
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.banneruk.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 6 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO associate members. Current associate members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all contracting authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to government departments and their agencies, non-departmental public bodies, central government, NHS bodies, local authorities, emergency services, coastguard emergency services, educational establishments, registered social landlords and registered charities who have a need to purchase the above services.
Please see the following websites for further details:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies
http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php
http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net
https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england
https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone
http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/
https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure
http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx
http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts
http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
https://www.ons.gov.uk/
https://www.police.uk/forces/
http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html
http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm
http://www.scotland.police.uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland
http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html
http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/
http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing
http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx
https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx
http://www.oscr.org.uk/
https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx
http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644
A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO associate member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NEPO
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
E-mail: carl.telford@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NEPO
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
Telephone: +44 7585986231
E-mail: carl.telford@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
NEPO
Guildhall, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AF
UK
E-mail: carl.telford@nepo.org
Internet address(es)
URL: www.nepo.org
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/01/2021