Supply and Delivery of General Stationery and Office Paper

Location

Multiple Council offices, Education settings and Care settings throughout the Authority area

Description

Orkney Islands Council has a requirement to enter into a contract with suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the supply and delivery of a range of general stationery products and office paper to Council establishments in Orkney. The Council has a requirement for the supply and delivery of a range of general stationery products and small equipment which excludes printers and scanners which are supplied and maintained under a different contract in place with the Council. The requirement is restricted to office supplies and does not include materials for educational purposes which are ordered by schools via separate arrangements in place through a national framework agreement. The requirement has been split into three smaller lots as listed below, the establishment list for delivery and preferred delivery dates are attached to this document at Appendix Three and the detailed list of products are attached as the price schedule at Appendix Four. Bidders will be able to submit a bid for any number of lots as fits their own business model, and the Authority will not be bound to accept any Contractor as a sole supplier for all lots.

Lot Division

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 30192700 - Stationery
• 22800000 - Paper or paperboard registers, account books, binders, forms and other articles of printed stationery
• 30199600 - Dividers for stationery
• 30199700 - Printed stationery except forms
• 22815000 - Notebooks
• 30141200 - Desktop calculators
• 30193200 - Desktop trays or organisers
• 30100000 - Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers, printers and furniture
• 30190000 - Various office equipment and supplies
• 30192000 - Office supplies
• 30197000 - Small office equipment
• 30125110 - Toner for laser printers/fax machines
• 30237310 - Font cartridges for printers
• 30125100 - Toner cartridges

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions relating to this Contract Notice are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Bidders should complete the SPD module online that is attached to this notice. (SC Ref:826509)