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title: "Office Equipment Framework Agreement"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000473112"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2017-09-15"
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# Office Equipment Framework Agreement

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000473112

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## Summary

The Scottish Government is seeking suppliers for the "Office Equipment Framework Agreement," which falls under the goods category of public procurement. This framework, which is currently in the award stage, aims to establish a multi-supplier arrangement with a maximum of eight suppliers appointed, providing a range of office equipment and services across Scotland. The initial duration of the framework is set for 24 months, with the option to extend for two additional 12-month periods. Key dates include the tender period which concluded on 10 March 2017 and the contract was signed on 2 June 2017. The framework will also support fair work practices and community benefits.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in office equipment and services, including suppliers of printers, copiers, and managed print services. Companies that can offer innovative solutions and commit to fair work practices would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. The framework is available not just to the Scottish Government but to various public sector bodies, including local authorities and NHS organisations, thereby expanding the potential market for successful bidders.

## Notice

The Scottish Ministers, acting through Scottish Procurement, seek to let a replacement national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services, in collaboration with the Scottish public sectors. There will be a maximum of 8 appointed to the Framework Agreement. The initial duration of the Framework Agreement will be 24 months with an option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods. The estimated value ranges from GBP 28,000,000 to GBP 56,000,000. The framework agreement will be available for use by Scottish Public Sector Bodies. Full details provided in section VI.3 Additional Information. Documents can be found at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for the following ITT: Office Equipment Framework Agreement: itt_ 15876 If you require any additional support, please contact the BravoSolution Helpdesk on 0800 368 4850

### Lot Information

Lot 1

There have been no changes to the procurement following the modifications. The Scottish Ministers wish to award a national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services. The Framework will be multi-supplier with a maximum of eight suppliers appointed. The Office Equipment and Services framework will include the supply and delivery of a wide portfolio of products ranging from small single function desktop printers to large print room high volume products, consisting of mono and colour, network and non-network requirements; and services and solutions up to a fully Managed Print Service. The Framework Agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. Information about Scottish Public Bodies is available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement. The Office Equipment and Services requirements have been combined into a single framework rather than individual lots.

Renewal: The initial duration of the framework agreement will be 24 months with the option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP295694 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F20 - Modification Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Mar 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Jun 2017 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Within four years |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £72,000,000 |
| Lots value | £72,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH11 3XD |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Sighthill/Gorgie |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South West |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 42 - Industrial machinery
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 30100000 - Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture
- 30120000 - Photocopying and offset printing equipment
- 30121000 - Photocopying and thermocopying equipment
- 30121100 - Photocopiers
- 30121200 - Photocopying equipment
- 30121300 - Reproduction equipment
- 30124500 - Scanner accessories
- 30124520 - Scanner document feeders
- 30125000 - Parts and accessories of photocopying apparatus
- 30125110 - Toner for laser printers/fax machines
- 30192400 - Reprographic supplies
- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
- 30216110 - Scanners for computer use
- 30232100 - Printers and plotters
- 30232110 - Laser printers
- 30232130 - Colour graphics printers
- 30232150 - Inkjet printers
- 32581200 - Fax equipment
- 42664100 - Fusion equipment for plastics
- 42962000 - Printing and graphics equipment
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 48783000 - Content management software package
- 48824000 - Printer servers
- 48970000 - Print shop software package
- 50310000 - Maintenance and repair of office machinery
- 50313000 - Maintenance and repair of reprographic machinery
- 50313100 - Photocopier repair services
- 50313200 - Photocopier maintenance services
- 50314000 - Repair and maintenance services of facsimile machines
- 64122000 - Internal office mail and messenger services
- 64216120 - Electronic mail services
- 72212311 - Document management software development services
- 72212313 - Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
- 72212318 - Scanner software development services
- 72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services
- 72512000 - Document management services
- 79131000 - Documentation services
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 79311200 - Survey conduction services
- 79521000 - Photocopying services
- 79800000 - Printing and related services
- 79810000 - Printing services
- 79811000 - Digital printing services
- 79820000 - Services related to printing
- 79821000 - Print finishing services
- 79823000 - Printing and delivery services
- 79824000 - Printing and distribution services
- 79999100 - Scanning services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2017 at 00:00 - AwardUpdate - OJEU - F20 - Modification Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP295694
- 23 Jun 2017 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN287347
- 18 Jan 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN270146

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN270146
  Office Equipment Framework Agreement - The Scottish Ministers, acting through Scottish Procurement, seek to let a replacement national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services, in collaboration with the Scottish public sectors. There will be a maximum of 8 appointed to the Framework Agreement. The initial duration of the Framework Agreement will be 24 months with an option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods. The estimated value ranges from GBP36,000,000 to GBP72,000,000. The framework agreement will be available for use by Scottish Public Sector Bodies. Full details provided in section VI.3 Additional Information. Documents can be found at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for the following ITT: Office Equipment Framework Agreement: itt_ 15876 If you require any additional support, please contact the BravoSolution Helpdesk on 0800 368 4850
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN287347
  Office Equipment Framework Agreement - The Scottish Ministers, acting through Scottish Procurement, seek to let a replacement national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services, in collaboration with the Scottish public sectors. There will be a maximum of 8 appointed to the Framework Agreement. The initial duration of the Framework Agreement will be 24 months with an option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods. The estimated value ranges from GBP 28,000,000 to GBP 56,000,000. The framework agreement will be available for use by Scottish Public Sector Bodies. Full details provided in section VI.3 Additional Information. Documents can be found at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for the following ITT: Office Equipment Framework Agreement: itt_ 15876 If you require any additional support, please contact the BravoSolution Helpdesk on 0800 368 4850
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP295694
  Office Equipment Framework Agreement

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.gov.scot
- http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement
- http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000473112
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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