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title: "Notes Educational Material Distribution"
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# Notes Educational Material Distribution

Buyer: BANK OF ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e439adac-00ef-4c21-a2d2-71caab3af487

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## Summary

The Bank of England is conducting a tender for the "Notes Educational Material Distribution" project, aimed at finding a supplier for storing and distributing banknote-related educational materials. This procurement is classified under services related to printing and includes a contract period from 1st April 2020 to 1st April 2025. Interested bidders should note that expressions of interest must be submitted by email before the deadline of 3rd December 2019, with tender documents provided to the top five pre-qualified bidders following their evaluation. The tender has a minimum value of £60,000 and a total estimated value of £100,000, with delivery required across multiple regions including the UK and British Overseas Territories.

This tender presents a significant business opportunity, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) specialising in logistics, distribution, and printing services. Companies capable of managing large-scale distributions and possessing established systems for order processing and inventory management would be ideally positioned to compete. The requirement to securely handle a large volume of confidential materials further indicates that businesses with experience in similar sectors or prior contracts would be at a competitive advantage.

## Notice

The Bank of England is looking for a supplier to store banknote-related educational materials (provided by the Bank), and distribute these materials upon receipt of online orders. The supplier will also manage the online ordering process via an automated online ordering system. No information contained this notice or in any communication made between the Bank and any Supplier in connection with this Tender shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be offered. The Bank reserves the right to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the Process, to terminate the Process at any time or not to award any contract. Additional information: EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: the bidders should register interest by email to the address stated above with the completed pre-qualification questions before the deadline, and register on www.bankofenglandtenders.co.uk in parallel (please note that it takes roughly two working days for registration to take effect). The tender documents will be released on 5th December to the five bidders who have passed and scored the highest on the pre-qualification questions. 1. AUTOMATIC PASS/FAIL PRE-QUALIFICATION QUESTIONS: 1a. Can you dispatch, in appropriate packaging, large volumes of paper materials, where large volumes would represent c.1,500 orders per year / c.200,000 items, and the materials could include double-sided A5, A4, A3 posters, A5 booklets and stickers? Please note that busy periods/spikes in activity vary year on year and are dependent on withdrawals / new note issues, etc., so could be substantially higher or lower in any given year. [Yes/No] 1b. Can you dispatch orders daily and within 72 hours of an order being received? [Yes/No] 1c. Can you electronically provide stock reports (including stock movement, usage, etc.) and monthly Management Information (including total number of orders, items distributed, etc.)? [Yes/No] 1d. Do you have a storage environment that can securely hold 200,000-300,000 items of a confidential nature (of the types indicated above), in a way that prevents unauthorised access and sight of these items? [Yes/No] 1e. Could you provide an automated online ordering system which would directly send requests for banknote education materials to the distribution company, with only exceptions (determined from a set of pre-defined rules) being sent to the Bank for verification, and would this system have the capability of gathering additional information about the customer ordering the materials (contact details, type of entity, reason for placing the order, etc.)? [Yes/No] 2. SCORED PRE-QUALIFICATION QUESTIONS: In less than 500 words for each question, please answer the following (worth 10 marks each, for a possible total of 20 marks): 2a. What current and previous experience do you have of dealing with and handling the distribution of items of a confidential nature? 2b. What current and previous experience do you have of distributing volumes of paper materials of the scale indicated in Q1? SCORING CRITERIA FOR 2: 10 (Excellent) - Exceeds the required standard. Response answers the question with precision and relevance. Includes improvement through innovation / added value. 8 (Good) - Meets the standard required. Comprehensive response in terms of detail and relevance to the question. 6 (Acceptable) - Meets the standard in most aspects but fails in some areas. Acceptable level of detail, accuracy and relevance. 4 (Limited) - Fails the standard in most aspects but meets some. Limited/inadequate information, or only partially addresses the question. 2 (Inadequate) - Significantly fails to meet the standard. Inadequate detail provided / answers not directly relevant to the question. 0 (Not eligible for consideration) - Completely fails to meet the standard. No response.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037d6d1b-77a1-468d-93b3-6c7541138c79 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Mar 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Dec 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jan 2020 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2020 - 1 Apr 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £172,420 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BANK OF ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2R 8AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Walbrook |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GRANBY MARKETING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79820000 - Services related to printing
- 79824000 - Printing and distribution services

## Release History

- 3 Mar 2020 at 10:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037d6d1b-77a1-468d-93b3-6c7541138c79
- 19 Nov 2019 at 16:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c8896f0-0469-446d-b678-3fdefb08160a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037d6d1b-77a1-468d-93b3-6c7541138c79
  3rd March 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c8896f0-0469-446d-b678-3fdefb08160a
  19th November 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bankofengland.co.uk

## Provenance

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