Published date: 30 June 2022

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: 1 August 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Packaging and related services - 79920000

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£440,000 to £600,000

Procurement reference

IT-285-6522-HCC2113359

Published date

30 June 2022

Closing date

1 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 October 2022

Contract end date

13 October 2024

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?

No


Description

Herts FullStop (HFS) is the trading arm of Hertfordshire County Council. HFS provides both Goods and Services to Hertfordshire County Council departments, the education sector, blue light services, the health sector, charities and other Authorities across England with a purchasing turnover in excess of GBP 40 million.

The HFS Catalogue Service manages the purchasing and distribution of circa 17,000 products. The service has an 80,000 square foot warehouse based in Welwyn Garden City, and stocks over 7,300 individual lines.

Herts FullStop as the Contracting Authority is leading on the procurement process to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Warehouse Packaging (hereinafter referred to as 'Goods') and is seeking a suitably qualified Contractor to supply the Goods under any Agreement resulting from this tendering exercise. A list of the Goods required is given in the Specification (Schedule 1).

The Goods required under this Framework Agreement have been split into the following Lots:

Lot 1- White Boxes, Bespoke Boxes Bespoke Nottingham Boxes
Lot 2- Warehouse Packaging-Line-By-Line Award

The estimated total value of the Framework Agreement is GBP 600,000.00
The Framework Agreement may be awarded for a period of up to Four (4) years
Unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement.
All tenderers must be complaint or working towards ISO 9001 for quality management & ISO 14001 for Environmental management in order to be considered. Evidence is required as part of your tender submission which proves ISO compliance (or an application has been made).

Please note that the requirements of the Framework Agreement will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands. In addition, there will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the resultant Framework Agreement and the Council will be entitled to enter into other Contracts and arrangements with other Suppliers for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified under the established Framework Agreement.


More information

Links

  • Additional information on how to apply for this contract

Additional text

Hertfordshire County Council (the 'Council') is currently out to procurement for the provision of a Framework Agreement for the supply of warehouse packaging. Further information in regard to this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field
Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to "express interest" which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No


About the buyer

Contact name

Jake Grieves (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01707 292498

Email

jake.grieves@hertsfullstop.co.uk