DE - Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) - Confidential Typesetting Services
Estimated value
£583k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
05 Aug 2025
Description
The Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA “the Buyer”) requires a Supplier for the provision of Confidential Typesetting Services. The Supplier will be required to typeset confidential materials that will be used in and/or to support examinations and assessments. The content of the work may include, however is not limited too - standard prose typesetting, specialist typesetting (i.e. mathematical, scientific, languages), Irish medium, modified versions, scanning of illustrations (and potential re-work), drawing and/or redrawing of illustrations, and creation of barcodes (for question papers marked on-line) and other support materials, where required.
Scope
- Reference
- 5940214
- Total value
- £583,333 excluding VAT£700,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 24 Oct 2025 to 04 Oct 2027Possible extension to 04 Oct 2029
Following the initial contract period, there are two potential extension periods of up to twelve months each. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79810000798200007981100079823000798240007982230080000000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC1 Proposed Methodology | As per Tender documentation | quality | 29.25% |
| AC2 Personnel Experience | As per Tender documentation | quality | 14.95% |
| AC3 Contract Management and Contingency | As per Tender documentation | quality | 10.40% |
| AC4 Social Value – Promoting Wellbeing | As per Tender documentation | quality | 10.40% |
| AC5 Cost | As per Tender documentation | cost | 35.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
As per Tender documentation.
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 25 Aug 2025, 2:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 04 Sept 2025, 2:00 pm
- Submission address
- Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure