Printing Services Dynamic Purchasing System for the South East Wales (SEW) Regional Procurement Group

Concepts

• printing services
• south east wales
• newport
• regional procurement group
• dynamic purchasing system
• high volume print
• digital printing
• transactional print
• newspaper print
• specialist print

Location

Newport

Description

The Printing Services Dynamic Purchasing System for the South East Wales (SEW) Regional Procurement Group will consist of three lots as follows: Lot 1: Commercial Low to High Volume Print, Direct Mail and Transactional Print, Newspaper Print and Security Print Lot 2: Digital Print Lot 3: Specialist Print and Finishing The DPS will commence on the 1st April 2021 and will continue for an unspecified period of time in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (subject to termination in accordance with the Standards terms). It is envisaged that the DPS will at least operate for a minimum of 4 Years.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 79810000 - Printing services
• 79800000 - Printing and related services
• 79811000 - Digital printing services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• It is a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for many bidders.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

1. The South East Wales Regional Procurement Delivery Group acts on behalf of the Customers within South East Wales to deliver value for money from the procurement of common and repetitive goods and services that are no longer procured by the National Procurement Service. The following public sector organisations have confirmed their participation in the Print DPS: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council, Cardiff Council, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council, Torfaen County Borough Council, Vale of Glamorgan Council and the South Wales Fire Service. This list may be subject to change if further organisations sign up to use the DPS, or if any of these organisations are replaced during the life of the agreement. In addition, the DPS will be available for use by Welsh Ministers, their agencies, sponsored and statutory bodies and other contracting authorities funded by them, whether or not they operate independently of Welsh Ministers i.e. including but not limited to all Local Authorities, NHS Trusts and Health Boards, Police and Crime Commissioners and Police forces, Fire Services. 2. Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - Click the “Suppliers register here” link - Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue” - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the Project - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the “PQQs Open to All Suppliers” link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ (pqq_33055) available from 8th January 2020 to access the content. - Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the page. - This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - Click on the PQQ code to access the content 3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to “Create Response” or “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ. - There may be a mixture of online offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on: - email: help@bravosolution.co.uk - Phone: 0800 368 4850 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=107041 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Please see the Specification for more details. (WA Ref:107041) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.