RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

NS&I

Print, reprographic, typesetting and accessible electronic document production services.

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£186k
Awarded1 Sept 2023
Published20 Oct 2023
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£186ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

**CONTRACT AWARDED** via Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6170 Print Management Services, Lot 1 Print Management Services, including strategic and transformational Services.

NS&I has a requirement for a service provider to provide reprographic and typesetting services to include the provision of the following: a) Provide typesetting and reprographic services for production and revision of new/existing brochures, leaflets, reports (including NS&I's Annual Report and Accounts), and other printed material.

NS&I's Annual Report and Accounts to be laid before Parliament. b) Offer proof-reading services. c) Supply print-ready artwork in specified format and liaise where necessary with print buyers and printers; d) Offer short run print services, including for brochures, leaflets and exhibition collateral. e) Create fully accessible PDFs for use with screen readers software and tagging, meeting the standards of WCAG 2.1 AA f) Provide a secure editing platform / editing software for multiple NS&I users to be able to access, so that they can feed-in / request edits and amends to a wide variety of NS&I documents, for the typesetters to action and produce revised proofs of the report, until final completion. g) Securely store all original artwork handed over by agency, and recover when required h) Ensure easy communications of large files by providing access to a secure FTP site. i) On occasions, for example when NS&I's interest rates change, provide amendments to affected documents within a 24-hour turnaround. j) Capability to produce versions of documents in Gov Speak and/or HTML. k) ISO9001 Quality Management accreditation is desirable. l) BPSS vetting required m) Cyber Essentials accreditation required n) Written confirmation of all Charges incurred to be advised to the Buyer within 7 calendar days of request.

Contract duration: 24 months, plus two further optional extensions of 12 months each.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

NS&I has a requirement for a service

NS&I has a requirement for a service provider to provide reprographic and typesetting services to include the provision of the following:.

02

A) Provide typesetting and reprographic services

a) Provide typesetting and reprographic services for production and revision of new/existing brochures, leaflets, reports (including NS&I's Annual Report and Accounts), and other printed material.

03

C) Supply print-ready artwork in specified format

c) Supply print-ready artwork in specified format and liaise where necessary with print buyers and printers;.

04

F) Provide a secure editing platform /

f) Provide a secure editing platform / editing software for multiple NS&I users to be able to access, so that they can feed-in / request edits and amends to a wide variety of NS&I documents, for the typesetters to action and produce revised proofs of the report, until final completion.

05

H) Ensure easy communications of large files

h) Ensure easy communications of large files by providing access to a secure FTP site.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

4 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

BPSS (baseline personnel security standard)Personnel clearance & vetting · per person
l) BPSS vetting required
Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
CONTRACT AWARDED** via Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6170 Print Management Services, Lot 1 Print Management Services, including strategic and transformational Services.
Cyber EssentialsCertification & assessment schemes
m) Cyber Essentials accreditation required
ISO 9001 (quality management)Standards you certify to
k) ISO9001 Quality Management accreditation is desirable.

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Source & provenance
OCID
77e733ce-a84a-4593-aff5-bd45ac25a496
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
23-F-08-96
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