Published date: 5 February 2016

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: 3 March 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£350,000

Procurement reference

CF1V3-20160205-00000898

Published date

5 February 2016

Closing date

3 March 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

1 April 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Council has a centralised Strategic Communications Team (SCT), whose primary objectives are to significantly enhance the quality, coherence, effectiveness and value for money of all Council communications activity, optimise public awareness of and access to Council services, and enhance the profile and image of the Council and the Borough.
The Council has taken the decision to close the in-house Print Unit. Going forward, all print will be outsourced to external providers via this contract.
High-quality, cost-effective, timely external provision of print services is required across the full spectrum of print media. The Council is therefore seeking to appoint a limited number of external print companies to provide high-quality print services.
The duration of the contract will be for a period of one-year with an option of two, one-year extensions subject to review.


More information

Additional text

If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity, you must be logged into the Chest website (www.the-chest.org.uk) and use the ?express interest? button/link below.
No tender documents will be sent to you ? you need to navigate to the ?my opportunities? section and download the documents from the Chest website.

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity ? please post them on the ?discussions? facility on the Chest. Messages sent outside of the Chest will not be responded to. Deadline for questions is: 26th February 2016

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT THROUGH THE CHEST. Submissions sent via any other method will not be accepted.
Please ensure that you leave enough time to upload your documents before the closing date/time, as late submissions may not be accepted.

The deadline for submissions is: 3rd March 2016 at 13:00hrs

In St.Helens, Merseyside


About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Officer

Address

St. Helens Town Hall
Victoria Square
St.Helens
WA10 1HP
UK

Telephone

+44 1744676789

Email

rachelmcgreal@sthelens.gov.uk

Website

http://www.the-chest.org.uk