Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
Contact
Neil MacTavish
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
National registration number
Atlantic Quay
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Print & Associated Services 2023
Reference number
SP-22-006
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79800000 - Printing and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies.
The Print & Associated Services Framework Agreement will be Multi Supplier and Multi Lot. The Authority requirement is divided into three (3) distinct Lots:
Lot 1 - Litho / Digital / Web Printing Services
Lot 2 - Specimen Bags
Lot 3 - Special Labels
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, , bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers ,Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-027530
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
Section VI: Complementary information - VI.3) Additional information
In relation to Community Benefits -
The Contractor will be required, where practical, to:
- Consider relevant opportunities for community benefits;
- Consider opportunities for the involvement of SMEs and/or third sector organisations in supporting the delivery of this Framework;
- Provide assurance regarding fair work first matters.