Published date: 18 April 2018
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Printed matter and related products - 22000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£33,000,000 to £90,000,000
Procurement reference
HCCS
Published date
18 April 2018
Closing date
30 September 2016
Contract start date
14 December 2016
Contract end date
13 December 2019
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
HMRC's Customer Communication requirements are split into three distinct categories and the procurement aggregates all of them under one services agreement:
Document Design, Composition and Control. HMRC currently owns the design of documents in-house within its Digital Services team and has a desire to eventually take ownership of all composition activity (composition for bulk printing is currently performed by a third party supplier) and channel control services. The solution will need to allow us to streamline the processes, so that form / letter creation and change is materially quicker and cheaper and allows us to create outputs capable of delivery to customers through the channel of HMRC's choice based on customer preferences. This includes, where required, print-ready files to send to production.
Bulk Print Service. This is the service for print requirements generated out of a number of back end systems and includes enclosure of mail and sorting for presentation to Down Stream Access mail distribution. The current third party contract for Bulk Print expires in June 2017. For all print services, HMRC requires the utilisation of the lowest cost postal services available for all qualifying mail.
Central Print Service. This is the default service for c39k users who create outputs on their desktops and moves the printing from their local office printers to a centralised print and despatch facility and generates in the region of 13 million letters per year (20m images) including enclosure of mail and sorting for presentation in general to Down Stream Access mail distribution. The contract for Central Print expires in June 2017.
Award information
Awarded date
25 November 2016
Contract start date
14 December 2016
Contract end date
13 December 2019
Total value of contract
£33,397,297
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
COMMUNISIS PLC
Address
10 Little Portland Street
LONDON
W1W 7JG
GBReference
Companies House number: 02916113
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Thomas Atkins
Address
Ralli Quays
Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
England
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