All Wales Print Framework
A Contract Award Notice
by WELSH GOVERNMENT
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £12M
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 22 Sep 2021
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
- Welsh Government Cardiff
15 suppliers
- Mclays Printers Cardiff
- Mediascene Bargoed
- Latcham Direct Bristol
- Harlequin Print & Packaging Pontyclun
- Zenith Media Pontypool
- Deltor Communications Saltash
- Pensord Press Blackwood
- Wojones Printers Llangefni
- Spectrum Printing Cardiff
- Service Graphics A Trading Division of Paragon Group London
- Harcourt Litho Swansea
- Allens Printers Cardiff
- Harlow Printing South Shields
- Lexon Crumlin
- Wo Jones Printers Llangefni
Description
All Wales Print Framework The Framework will comprise of 4 lots: Lot 1: Commercial High Volume Print Lot 2: Commercial Medium to Low Volume Print (inc Digital) Lot 3: Specialist Print and Finishing, Direct Mail, Transactional Print and fulfilment Lot 4: Managed Service Provision
Lot Division
| 1 | Commercial High Volume Print This Lot is for customers who have a requirement to deal direct with a print manufacturer for high volume print, (e.g. runs in excess of 40,000 for 8pp A4/16pp A5 etc,) for a range of print services that may include, but not be limited to brochures, catalogues, marketing literature, and reports etc. The Supplier(s) must have in-house capability to print the requirement on their own machinery but can sub-contract certain areas where they cannot gain cost efficiencies using in-house machinery for specialist finishing applications. |
| 2 | Commercial Medium to Low Volume Print (inc Digital) and envelopes This Lot is for customers who have a requirement to deal direct with a print manufacturer for a range of print services of medium to low print runs (e.g. runs for 5,000 up to 40,000 of 16pp A4 /32pp A5 etc). Also Small to Medium sheet fed offset for medium runs (e.g. for 500 A4 up to 5000 8pp A4/16pp A5 etc) that may include, but not be limited to marketing literature, reports, brochures, information booklets, stationery, folders, NCR sets / pads, etc. The Supplier(s) must have in-house capability to print the requirement on their own machinery but can sub-contract certain areas where they cannot gain cost efficiencies using in-house machinery for specialist finishing applications. Digital copies could start at 1 copy |
| 3 | Specialist Print and Finishing, Direct Mail, Envelopes, Transactional Print and fulfilment This Lot is for customers who have a requirement to deal direct with a print manufacturer for Specialist Print and Finishing. This may include items such as: Point of Sale products; vinyl printing; intricate gluing; hand finishing; complex folding; or any other specialist items that the customers may require. The Supplier(s) must be able to offer services for direct mail and transactional printing that requires data personalisation in a secure environment. The Supplier(s) must be able to source all printed items for inclusion in any direct mail campaign when required i.e. where a leaflet forms part of the campaign to be mailed, Supplier(s) may be required to source and organise the printing of any inserts. The Supplier(s) must be able to print variable data including but not limited to text. The Supplier(s) must be able to offer services for collation and fulfilment. The Supplier(s) must be able to offer mailing activity services to include liaison and management of postal Supplier(s) and the ability to handle mail sorting facilities (including offering advice) in order to gain discounts from the postal operators, examples are detailed below: - Machine capable envelopes; - Machine readable mail; - Address completeness and accuracy including postcode and post town matching; - Liaising with mailing Supplier(s) to obtain the most cost effective mailing solutions for different product types. The Supplier(s) must be able to offer a full range of dataset / database validation services for accurate and efficient mailings and to gain maximum postal discounts for both individuals and businesses that includes but is not limited to: - Postcode Address File validation and standardisation of data records to this file for: - Address validation; - De-duplication of multiple data records in single and multiple files. De-duplication at individual, family or premise level. Organisational de-duplication to individual, company name or site level; - Gone away suppression to cease sending mail that will not reach the intended recipient; - Mortality suppression to cease sending mail to deceased individuals and businesses no longer trading; - Mail preference screening and suppression to cease sending mail to those who have registered to this; - National change of address file validation to update the records of home movers. - Name formatting and salutation creation: - List of preferred title formats and structures, non standard titles to be provided back for Customer to decide on action; - Titles to be inferred where possible if missing, and existing titles to be checked for gender accuracy; - Spurious text to be identified and removed or checked |
| 4 | Managed Service Provision |
Award Detail
| 1 | Mclays Printers (Cardiff)
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| 2 | Mediascene (Bargoed)
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| 3 | Latcham Direct (Bristol)
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| 4 | Harlequin Print & Packaging (Pontyclun)
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| 5 | Zenith Media (Pontypool)
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| 6 | Deltor Communications (Saltash)
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| 7 | Harlequin Print & Packaging (Pontyclun)
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| 8 | Mclays Printers (Cardiff)
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| 9 | Zenith Media (Pontypool)
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| 10 | Pensord Press (Blackwood)
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| 11 | Wojones Printers (Llangefni)
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| 12 | Spectrum Printing (Cardiff)
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| 13 | Service Graphics A Trading Division of Paragon Group (London)
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| 14 | Zenith Media (Pontypool)
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| 15 | Harcourt Litho (Swansea)
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| 16 | Harlequin Print & Packaging (Pontyclun)
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| 17 | Allens Printers (Cardiff)
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| 18 | Harlow Printing (South Shields)
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| 19 | Latcham Direct (Bristol)
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| 20 | Lexon (Crumlin)
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| 21 | Pensord Press (Blackwood)
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| 22 | Wo Jones Printers (Llangefni)
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| 23 | Service Graphics A Trading Division of Paragon Group (London)
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Award Criteria
| Quality | 70 |
| price | 30 |
CPV Codes
- 79810000 - Printing services
Indicators
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** -Tender Information: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. - Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration. - On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. - The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. - In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. - Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?” - Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation. - If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again. - Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform. - Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). - Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. - Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 14:00 on the 24th March 2021 Late bids will not be accpeted How To Find The ITT: - Once logged in you must click on ‘ITTs Open to all Suppliers’ - The e-tender references for this contract are: project_46107 and itt_85081 - Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the Express an Interest button. This will move the ITT from the Open to all Suppliers area to the My ITTs on the home page. - You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the‘Attachments’ area. - Any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. (WA Ref:112866)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-02926d
- FTS 023536-2021