Single Supplier Framework for Multi-Purpose Office Paper for Printing and Photocopying to the Irish Public Sector

The Office of Government Procurement

The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this request for tenders (“RFT”) as a central purchasing body for use by the Framework Clients. The Office of Government Procurement (the “OGP”) is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform tasked with sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service. References to the Contracting Authority will be deemed to include the OGP. The Contracting Authority invites tenders (“Tenders”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the award of a single supplier framework contract (the “Framework Contract”)] for the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT. Tenderers should note that this is a competition for a single party framework. There will be no additional/supplementary competitions for the office paper specified within this RFT for the duration of this agreement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-02-26. The procurement was published on 2025-01-22.

Who?

• The Office of Government Procurement

What?

• Processed paper and paperboard › Self-copy or other copy paper › Xerographic paper
• Processed paper and paperboard › Self-copy or other copy paper › Photocopier paper
• Processed paper and paperboard › Self-copy or other copy paper › Photocopier paper and xerographic paper
• Processed paper and paperboard › Printing paper
• Various office equipment and supplies › Paper stationery and other items

Where?

• Aττική › Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2025-01-22	Contract notice
2025-02-19	Contract notice

Contract notice (2025-01-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Single Supplier Framework for Multi-Purpose Office Paper for Printing and Photocopying to the Irish Public Sector
Reference number: PROJ000009776
Short description:
“The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this request for tenders (“RFT”)...”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Photocopier paper and xerographic paper 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (the “Contracting Authority”) is issuing this request for tenders (“RFT”)...”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Photocopier paper and xerographic paper 📦
Additional products/services: Xerographic paper 📦
Photocopier paper 📦
Printing paper 📦
Paper stationery and other items 📦
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts

“Promotion of Climate Action Plan 2024”
Social objective promoted: Other
Green Procurement Criteria: EU Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 4 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Duration
Start date: 2025-05-07 📅
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Xerographic paper 📦
Photocopier paper 📦
Printing paper 📦
Paper stationery and other items 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-02-26 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-02-26 12:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4998734
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 24
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 10
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-02-26 12:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4998734”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Distribution Capacity.”
Exclusion ground: distorsion

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17738000 📞
URL: https://www.ogp.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ogp.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4998734 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4998734 🌏
Web address of environmental legislation: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/office-of-government-procurement/ 🌏
Environmental legislation document ID: https://gppcriteria.gov.ie/?referrer=https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/40fba-gpp-criteria-search/
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17738000 📞
URL: https://www.ogp.gov.ie 🌏
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 017-053240 (2025-01-22)

Contract notice (2025-02-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
15 000 000 EUR 💰
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: The transition to a circular economy
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-03-06 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-03-06 12:30:00 📅
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2025-03-06 12:30:00 📅

Changes
Other additional information

“The deadline has changed from the 26th of February to 12:00 noon on 6th of March 2025”
Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 157df4ff-83f7-446d-83bb-9f5a4b6912da-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 037-116856 (2025-02-19)

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