ID 5827421 - DfC - Print Services Contract
Department for CommunitiescontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-0543a3Procurement Act 2023SME suitableclosed for bids
Estimated value
£400k
services
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
0 awarded
Published
05 Jun 2025
Deadline 08 Jul 2025
Description
The Corporate Communications team (CC) within the Department for Communities (DfC) wishes to appoint a Supplier for the provision of print services for all corporate publications and marketing/communications materials in line with the Department’s brand guidelines. The specific requirements will be outlined within the Specification Schedule.
Scope
- Reference
- ID 5827421
- Total value
- £400,000 excluding VAT£480,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 03 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2028Possible extension to 03 Aug 2029
One option to extend for a period of anything up to 1 Year.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 7980000079810000798200007982300079824000
- Contract locations
- Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC1 - Key Account Manager | As per Tender Documentation. | quality | 20.00% |
| AC2 - Proposed Methodology | As per Tender Documentation. | quality | 20.00% |
| AC3 - Contract Management | As per Tender Documentation. | quality | 10.00% |
| AC4 - Total Contract Price (Standardised Jobs – Annex A of Pricing Schedule) | As per Tender Documentation. | cost | 20.00% |
| AC5 - Total Contract Price (Sample Bespoke Jobs – Annex B of Pricing Schedule) | As per Tender Documentation. | cost | 20.00% |
| AC6 - Total Contract Price (Delivery to Jobs Benefit Office Network – Annex C of Pricing Schedule) | As per Tender Documentation. | cost | 10.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
As per Instructions to Tenderer document
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 25 Jun 2025, 2:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 08 Jul 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