Published date: 20 October 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 September 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printing and related services - 79800000

Location of contract

SW1P 3BT

Value of contract

£0 to £186,000

Procurement reference

23-F-08-96

Published date

20 October 2023

Closing date

1 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 September 2023

Contract end date

24 September 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**CONTRACT AWARDED** via Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6170 Print Management Services, Lot 1 Print Management Services, including strategic and transformational Services.

NS&I has a requirement for a service provider to provide reprographic and typesetting services to include the provision of the following:

a) Provide typesetting and reprographic services for production and revision of new/existing brochures, leaflets, reports (including NS&I's Annual Report and Accounts), and other printed material. NS&I's Annual Report and Accounts to be laid before Parliament.
b) Offer proof-reading services.
c) Supply print-ready artwork in specified format and liaise where necessary with print buyers and printers;
d) Offer short run print services, including for brochures, leaflets and exhibition collateral.
e) Create fully accessible PDFs for use with screen readers software and tagging, meeting the standards of WCAG 2.1 AA
f) Provide a secure editing platform / editing software for multiple NS&I users to be able to access, so that they can feed-in / request edits and amends to a wide variety of NS&I documents, for the typesetters to action and produce revised proofs of the report, until final completion.
g) Securely store all original artwork handed over by agency, and recover when required
h) Ensure easy communications of large files by providing access to a secure FTP site.
i) On occasions, for example when NS&I's interest rates change, provide amendments to affected documents within a 24-hour turnaround.
j) Capability to produce versions of documents in Gov Speak and/or HTML.
k) ISO9001 Quality Management accreditation is desirable.
l) BPSS vetting required
m) Cyber Essentials accreditation required
n) Written confirmation of all Charges incurred to be advised to the Buyer within 7 calendar days of request.

Contract duration: 24 months, plus two further optional extensions of 12 months each.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

13 September 2023

Contract start date

25 September 2023

Contract end date

24 September 2025

Total value of contract

£186,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

HH Associates Ltd

Address

Grove House, Guildford Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead KT22 9DF

Reference

Companies House number: 02671533

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings
20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Malcolm.Edwards@nsandi.com