Published date: 12 July 2023

Last edited date: 1 December 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 August 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • School books - 22111000

  • Ink - 22600000

  • Exercise books - 22830000

    • Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 30000000

    • First-aid boxes - 33141623

    • Handicraft and art supplies - 37800000

    • Global navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent) - 38112100

    • Photographic equipment - 38650000

    • Footrests - 39113700

    • Office furniture - 39130000

    • Educational equipment - 39162000

    • Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies - 39220000

    • Cleaning and polishing products - 39800000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

RM6299.

Published date

12 July 2023

Closing date

23 August 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

14 November 2023

Contract end date

13 November 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) were seeking to establish a framework contract with suppliers for the provision of office stationery supplies and electronic office supplies.
The suppliers were required to provide the deliverables (eg good and services) to all public sector organisations throughout the United Kingdom including but not limited to;
office stationery
facility peripherals (janitorial/cleaning products)
paper and paper based products
electronic office supplies (EOS)
office furniture
ergonomic products
catering products
This new Framework contract would have been for a period of 3 (three ) years with an option to extend for one further 12 (twelve) month period.
The new Framework contract was to be split into 3 Lots as follows
Lot 1 - Office Stationery and Electronic Office Supplies (EOS) (Single Supplier)
Lot 2 - Office Stationery and Electronic Office Supplies (EOS) (Multi Supplier)
Lot 3 - Electronic Office Supplies (EOS) (Single Supplier)
This mandate was to replace the current RM6059 Office Supplies framework, which has two single supplier lots and one multi-supplier lot offering a product range similar to the above.
This Agreement would have replaced RM6059 Office Supplies Framework which was awarded April 20 as a 2+1+1 Agreement (Lots 1 & 3 were awarded Sep 20 due to Covid-19)
All lots for RM6059 will co-terminate at the same time, 5 April 2024.
The full specification is set out in framework Schedule 1 (Specification).
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service issued a contract notice on 12 July 2023 (Ref: 2023/S 000-020017) to procure the provision of office stationery supplies and electronic office supplies.
For the reason set out below Crown Commercial Service has taken the decision to not proceed with this procurement:
• On 16 August 2023, CCS issued a notification to the market that the procurement process was paused prior to the submission of tenders.
• Following this date an internal review of the framework was undertaken, which has resulted in the decision to remove all single supplier lots.
• The policy intent behind this decision is to increase competition, open the market opportunity particularly for Small and Medium Enterprises and thereby drive value for money outcomes for buyers.
• The new Office Supplies framework will therefore consist of two multi-supplier lots (Office Stationery Supplies and Electronic Office Supplies) under which buyers will be able to consider calling off contracts via further competition or direct award (as per the framework rules).
The dates above indicating contract start date and end date should be ignored as no award has been made pursuant to or in relation to this notice. Notification of the decision not to proceed with this procurement was given on 1st December 2023.
CCS intend to issue a new Invitation to Tender to the market on Monday 4 December 2023, which will provide interested bidders with all the information about the new framework and how to bid.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Office Solutions

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 8 February 2023

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

Address

9th Floor, Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

+44 3454102222

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/CCS