Notice Information
Notice Title
Mail Fulfilment Services Contract
Notice Description
firmus energy is looking for Bidders with the experience, skill and technical ability to provide reliable mail fulfilment services to assist in servicing customers of the firmus energy Group.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The procurement process is being conducted in accordance within the negotiated procedure under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended) which consists of an initial pre-qualification stage and a subsequent invitation to negotiate stage for those Bidders shortlisted following evaluation of PQQ responses. Please note that firmus energy is working to tight timescales for this procurement process and intends to utilise the minimum timescales permitted by the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (as amended). There is very limited scope for amendment to these dates. Bidders should therefore take this into consideration when making their decision to participate in this process. The selected Bidder will provide a variety of mail fulfilment services in respect of the issuing of bills and invoices, customer letters and additional services as may be required by firmus energy from the vendor.
Options: The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years with an optional extension for a further 2 year period.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049b48
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029598-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
64121100 - Mail delivery services
79571000 - Mailing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Sep 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FIRMUS ENERGY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@firmusenergy.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2894427800
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANTRIM
- Postcode
- BT41 4LZ
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0D Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Delivery Location
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Electoral Ward
- Antrim Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- South Antrim
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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