Published date: 13 December 2019

Last edited date: 13 December 2019

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: 19 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • School books - 22111000

  • Stationery - 30192700

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£920,000

Procurement reference

HCC1911712

Published date

13 December 2019

Closing date

19 December 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 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 (hereinafter referred to as the '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 £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. Please see the website www.hertsfullstop.co.uk/

Hampshire County Council

Hampshire County Council (HCC) comprises of Children's Services, Corporate Services, Economy, Transport and Environment (ETE), Culture, Communities and Business Services (CCBS) and Adult Services.

HCC County Supplies department is one of three business units within the Business Services Group of Culture, Communities and Business Services, the others being Hampshire County Council Catering Services (HC3S), and Hampshire Transport Management.

With an annual purchasing turnover of around £55m, County Supplies is a self-funding, not-for-profit business unit and acts as the buying agent for both internal customers, that is those departments that come under the County's control, and external customers, those establishments that have their own delegated budgets. For further information regarding the customers eligible to access the operation of County Supplies and/or the Framework Agreement, please see the website www.hants.gov.uk/countysupplies

Herts FullStop as the Contracting Authority, acting on behalf of the Participant (HCC) is leading on the procurement process to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Office Books and Pads (hereinafter referred to as \"Goods\") and is seeking suitably qualified Contractor(s) 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).

More information

Links

Additional text

To access this opportunity please visit www.supplyhertfordshire.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Tamanis-Laing (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01707 281571

Email

paul.tamanis-laing@hertsfullstop.co.uk