Published date: 23 February 2017
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation - 34000000
Adhesive tape - 44424200
Packaging and related services - 79920000
Location of contract
ME19 4YT
Value of contract
£750,000 to £850,000
Procurement reference
AJRK-7SEWL8-AJRK-FPUT03
Published date
23 February 2017
Closing date
28 March 2017
Contract start date
1 June 2017
Contract end date
31 May 2021
Contract type
Supply 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?
No
Description
Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in Europe with a turnover in excess of £600 million and employing over 700 people from its base in Kent. Tracing its roots back to 1902, as an education stores department for Kent County Council, Commercial Services has subsequently grown organically to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations. These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and the emergency services. KCS is a trading unit of Commercial Services and provides a purchasing, warehousing and distribution service to a wide ranging customer base within local government and associated public bodies in Kent, neighbouring counties and across the UK. Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of circa. £1bn on goods and services with a population of 1.5m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 309 parish/town councils. In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create an Agreement (the Agreement) with one or more providers for the supply of KCS Packaging Materials. The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority is based upon the 'Open' Procedure, as detailed in the 'Public Contract Regulations 2015'.
More information
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Instructions to Suppliers: This opportunity will be completed electronically via ProContract, a site run
by Due North. Interested organisations should go to
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk to register and express interest. To express
interest select 'Current Opportunities', from the 'Organisation' drop down box
select 'Commercial Services', click search and select the appropriate
opportunity. Once you have successfully expressed interest via the portal you
will be sent an email directing you to the ProContract site from which you will
be able to access and download the invitation to tender documentation and any
other relevant information. This email should be retained, as it will contain
your direct link to the ProContract portal, for information purposes only the
link is www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf DO NOT USE THIS
LINK NOW.
Tenderers should also note that final submissions must be made via ProContract,
no other submission route is permitted. Failure to follow this path will
result in the tender submission being disregarded.
ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA
THE PROCONTRACT PORTAL FROM THE OUTSET. Please ensure you are able to download
all files immediately after accessing the ProContract portal.
Information about delivery location: KCS
Aylesford Commercial Park
New Hythe Lane
Aylesford
Kent
ME20 7FE
About the buyer
Contact name
Michael Smith
Address
Procurement Services Group
1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill
West Malling
ME19 4YT
UK
Telephone
+44 1622236767
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Closing: 28 March 2017
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