Supply of Custom Envelope

National Procurement Service (NPS)

The contract is for the supply of customised, overprinted envelopes. The Contracting Authority is conducting this competition by way of open competition. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a single supplier framework agreement. Parties eligible to participate in this Framework Agreement (hereinafter referred to as 'Clients') are as follows:
Central Government Departments, Offices and non-commercial agencies and organisations which have a formal reporting and legal relationship with these Departments, including:
Local Authorities in Ireland including Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards and Libraries;
The Irish Health Sector including the Health Services Executive (HSE), the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA);
Third level institutions (Universities, Institutes of Technology); VEC schools, primary, post primary, special and secondary schools (the total number of schools is approximately 4 060), VECs acting on behalf of schools, groups and clusters of schools and youth centres;
An Garda Siochana; The Defence Forces; Irish Prison Service; The National Lottery.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=461892. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=461892. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-08-20. The procurement was published on 2012-07-09.

Who?
What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-07-09 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-07-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: envelopes, letter cards and plain postcards
Quantity or scope: 1 300 0001 600 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Envelopes, letter cards and plain postcards ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: National Procurement Service (NPS)
Postal address: Office of Public Works, Jonathan Swift Street, Co. Meath
Postal town: Trim
Contact
Internet address: http://www.opw.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: nps@opw.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 469426000 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-07-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-08-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-07-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 132-219547
OJ-S issue: 132
Additional information
(ET Ref:461892).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
1 600 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
The contract is for the supply of customised, overprinted envelopes. The Contracting Authority is conducting this competition by way of open competition. The purpose of this Competition is to establish a single supplier framework agreement. Parties eligible to participate in this Framework Agreement (hereinafter referred to as 'Clients') are as follows:
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Central Government Departments, Offices and non-commercial agencies and organisations which have a formal reporting and legal relationship with these Departments, including:
Local Authorities in Ireland including Town Councils, Regional Assemblies, County Enterprise Boards and Libraries;
The Irish Health Sector including the Health Services Executive (HSE), the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA);
Third level institutions (Universities, Institutes of Technology); VEC schools, primary, post primary, special and secondary schools (the total number of schools is approximately 4 060), VECs acting on behalf of schools, groups and clusters of schools and youth centres;
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An Garda Siochana; The Defence Forces; Irish Prison Service; The National Lottery.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=461892.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=461892.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Description of options:
Contract is due to run for two years with an option to extend original contract by a period of one additional year.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 24 months
Number of possible renewals: 1
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Duration: 24 months
Reference number: PS003/002/002
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As stated in the RFT.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As stated in the RFT.
Contract execution
Other particular conditions:
Please note that all information relating to this tender, including tender documentation, clarifications and changes will be published on the etenders website www.etenders.gov.ie only. Registration is free of charge and there is no charge for documents. The NPS will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. If the tender documentation is in any way altered or edited, the subsequent tender may be deemed inadmissible.
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Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 2
Tender validity period: 6 months
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: List of clients that may use the contract are availabe in Part 1, Paragraph 1.3 of RFT
Contact
Contact point: National Procurement Service
Internet address: www.opw.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01639 ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PS003/002/002

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Court Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Recurrent procurement
2 years.
Source: OJS 2012/S 132-219547 (2012-07-09)