Published date: 9 October 2020

This notice was replaced on 9 October 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 9 October 2020, last edited 12 October 2020)

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

  • Printed matter and related products - 22000000

  • Printing and related services - 79800000

  • Printing services - 79810000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

GUINPART001-DN465021-86398134

Published date

9 October 2020

Closing date

9 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

22 December 2020

Contract end date

21 December 2023

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

Guinness serves c.70,000 customers across England and responsible for sending all of these customers accurate estimated Rents and Service Charge letters once a year. c.48,000 of these customers are also sent accurate Actual Service Charge reconciliations for c.48,000 customers. We describe ourselves as a customer service organisation because it's our customers that we're here for. It is imperative that these letters are sent out accurately and on time to ensure that our legal and regulatory obligations are met.

The range of housing and services we provide means our customer base is increasingly diverse. We must provide services in a way that responds to this - and we must provide the right homes and services - recognising that expectations are changing all the time, and the ways in which technology enables us to respond in 2023 are likely to be very different.

Guinness is looking to contract with a partner to design and potentially print regular customer communications of service charge statements, with experience of providing large volume customised print communications to fixed deadlines. This opportunity is ideally suited to a supplier who understands the Housing sector and our customer base. Guinness intends to enter into a contract with a service charge letter design and print supplier for up to a three-year period with the option to extend by a further period of twelve months, subject to performance and value for money evaluations. However, no guarantee is given by Guinness that such an extension will follow.


About the buyer

Address

30 Brock Street
Regent's Place
London
NW1 3FG
England

Telephone

+44 3031231890

Email

procurement@guinness.org.uk

Website

http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/