Published date: 15 July 2022

This notice was replaced on 15 July 2022

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

Opportunity (published 15 July 2022, last edited 27 July 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Post and courier services - 64100000

  • Mailing-list compilation and mailing services - 79570000

  • Printing and distribution services - 79824000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

WIGN001-DN622568-25065449

Published date

15 July 2022

Closing date

16 August 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 November 2022

Contract end date

31 October 2024

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

Wigan Council is looking for an experienced provider with a detailed understanding of how to manage mass delivery services to deliver 'Borough Life', Wigan Council's resident's magazine, to every household in Wigan Borough. Flexibility and an ability to work to tight deadlines are essential.

There are three editions of Borough Life per year and these have historically been published in February, July and November. The first edition to be distributed under this contract will be in November 2022.

The required distribution of the magazine per edition under this Specification is as follows:
• 148,000 residential deliveries per edition (received by the distributor from the printer, bulk packed on pallets). You would be required to deliver to every household in Wigan Borough.
• 9,600 copies packed in boxes of 100 copies per box per edition (bulk deliveries - delivered by the printer to the distributor). You would be required to deliver boxes to Council addresses which will be supplied in advance for each edition. There is currently a list of 53 addresses around Wigan Borough. Additional copies and locations may need to be added to this list over time.
• 1,000 copies delivered to Wigan Town Hall.

Additional copies may be required to be delivered for certain print runs e.g. to coincide with the Wigan 10 Kilometre run up to 5,000 additional copies (3,000 currently needed) or if there is a more general increase to the number of copies required.

We require all copies to be delivered within 21 days of receipt of the magazines from our print supplier.

Interested applicants are directed to the Invitation to Tender documentation which contains a full specification for this service.

The proposed contract is intended to run for an initial period of 2 years with a 1-year extension option to be taken at the discretion of Wigan Council.

The closing date for the receipt of final tender bids is Tuesday 16th August 2022 at 17:00.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Mr. Mark O'Brien

Address

Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
England

Email

Mark.Obrien@wigan.gov.uk

Website

http://www.wigan.gov.uk/