Published date: 9 December 2015

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


Closing: 16 December 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Composition services - 79822000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

SO15783

Published date

9 December 2015

Closing date

16 December 2015

Contract start date

19 January 2016

Contract end date

18 January 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The main aim of the contract is production typesetting, layout and editing of publications including tabular work in setting tables, charts and other page elements. Draft text and images provided by the DfT will be supplied in the Microsoft Office 2013 suite as Word, Excel and graphics files to an agreed style according to a written specification. In the majority of cases this will be in the DfT corporate style. After typesetting, files may need to be supplied in formats suitable for commercial print or digital publishing for other media editions.
Please see attached document for full description and please note that: There will be occasions when DfT officials will need to convey late and complicated last minute changes directly to the operator at the typesetter's production site to maintain urgent publishing schedules. This will be the case during late running projects for major policy announcements, highly technical policy publications and high profile Ministerial announcements. These revises will often include many technical, design and editing refinements which can go wrong in typesetting and need to be corrected immediately to achieve an accurate revision and maintain the urgent schedule. As the final check, these on-site revises must be incorporated quickly and accurately allowing DfT to advise on adjusting page elements and controlling page creep' to ensure the layout remains acceptable before the final sign-off. The Department therefore has an on-going operational requirement for: • 24hr turnarounds • Late evening and weekend services (by arrangement) • Instructing urgent author corrections at the contractors premises (by arrangement).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

DfT Design and Typesetting Services

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 9 December 2015

Attachments

Additional text

Potential Providers must first be registered on the Crown Commercial Service e-Sourcing Suite.

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so at the Invitation to Tender stage.

Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at
http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender


Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, you will need to express and interest for the Insert Title This is done by emailing eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
Your email must clearly state:

• the name of this procurement SO15783 DfT Typesetting Services .
• the name of the registered supplier; and
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending
the email.

Crown Commercial Service will then process this email and assign your organisation to the opportunity. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.

Award information

Awarded date

11 February 2016

Contract start date

15 February 2016

Contract end date

14 February 2017

Total value of contract

£96,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Domarn Ltd

Address

St Martins House
16 St Martins Le Grand
London
EC1A 4EN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Communications Team

Address

Concept House
Newport
NP10 8QQ
Wales

Email

customerops.communications@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/