Published date: 27 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.


Closing: 24 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printing services - 79810000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP241818119

Published date

27 February 2017

Closing date

24 March 2017

Contract start date

2 May 2017

Contract end date

1 May 2018

Contract type

Service 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

Telford & Wrekin Council invites bids from specialist print providers experienced in end to end fulfilment of complex customer documentation for the preparation, printing, packing and posting of Revenues and Benefits documentation. The bidder will need to demonstrate the technical capability to manipulate and merge complex datasets as well as a suitable infrastructure to produce the daily range of documents required which includes Council Tax and Business Rates bills and Debt Recovery notices. The Authority has approx. 75,000 domestic properties, 5,000 commercial properties and 15,000 Housing Benefit recipients. The contract will also include provision of printing, packing and postage for Sales Ledger documents. The Authority also reserves the right to include the Annual Billing Printing Requirement for 2018/2019.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to access, correspond and respond to this opportunity.
If you experience any difficulties at any time during the tender process please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0845 270 7050 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com.
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Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: 4V3H2XTBMD . Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
Communication will only be accepted via 'email the buyer' through the tenderbox. . Written replies will be provided to all enquiries and any points of clarification or information will be circulated to prospective tenderers via the delta email system.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is Friday 24th March 2017 at 12noon. Your Response to the Request For Quotation must be completed and submitted electronically by using the tenderbox through www.delta-esourcing.com The Tender documents are also available on line Access code:4V3H2XTBMD
Please ensure that you allow yourself at least 2 hours when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have to upload multiple documents. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all documents in an application like WinZip. No other method of submission will be accepted.
If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0845 270 7050 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol York

Address

Civic Offices
Darby House
Telford
TF3 4JA
UK

Telephone

01952383998

Email

Carol.York@telford.gov.uk