Notice Information
Notice Title
Franking Machines & Consumables
Notice Description
The Authority has put in place a Framework Agreement for Franking Machines & Consumables - the supply, delivery and maintenance, via lease and purchase arrangements, of Franking Machines, associated products and services including installation and configuration of equipment and provision of consumables to the UK Further and Higher education sector bodies and wider public bodies, which include APUC Ltd's members and affiliated bodies, Central Government Departments in Scotland and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Scotland, Scotland Excel members and any associated or affiliated bodies, Leisure Centres and the following purchasing consortia and their members: NWUPC (Including Northern Ireland Institutions), NEUPC, HEPCW, LUPC and SUPC.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority has appointed Contractors for the supply, delivery and maintenance, via lease and purchase arrangements, of Franking Machines, associated products and services including installation and configuration of equipment and provision of consumables to the UK Further and Higher education sector bodies and wider public bodies, which include APUC Ltd's members and affiliated bodies, Central Government Departments in Scotland and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS Scotland, Scotland Excel members and any associated or affiliated bodies, Leisure Centres and the following purchasing consortia and their members: NWUPC (Including Northern Ireland Institutions), NEUPC, HEPCW, LUPC and SUPC. Please note the Framework Value quoted includes 'pass through' costs including postage costs set by Royal Mail. The actual estimated spend for the total potential Framework Agreement period excluding these costs is 4,709,396 GBP. Additional information: Economic operators may have been excluded from this competition if they were in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for a further period up to 24 months subject to satisfactory performance and continued Institutions requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02d38c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029340-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
-
- CPV Codes
30144100 - Postage-franking machines
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £23,546,984 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £23,546,984 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £23,546,984 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Nov 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Aug 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Oct 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 48 months
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- APUC LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Alice Ng
- Contact Email
- ang@apuc-scot.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314428930
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling East
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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