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Supply and Delivery of Newspapers for Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Contract award notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

The Scottish Ministers acting through Scottish Procurement
Area 3-F North, Victoria Quay
Contact point(s): Scottish Procurement & Commercial Directorate
For the attention of: Paul Brydon
EH6 6QQ Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1312443718
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10622

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
General public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

National Records of Scotland

Historic Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Qualification Authority

Scottish Courts Service

Scottish Prison Service

Transport Scotland

The Scottish Government Core Directorates

Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service

National Museums of Scotland

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Legal Aid Board

Skills Development Scotland

Visit Scotland

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Supply and Delivery of Newspapers for Edinburgh and Glasgow.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Various Locations within Edinburgh and Glasgow.

NUTS code UKM

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The supplier will be required to supply and deliver a wide range of daily and weekly newspapers to specific locations within Edinburgh and Glasgow.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

22210000, 22200000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 446 800 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
Lowest price
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
SP-13-024
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 203-351197 of 18.10.2013

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: SP-13-024 Lot title: Supply and Delivery of Newspapers for Edinburgh and Glasgow
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
20.1.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Office Papers Ltd
Unit 19 Sauchiebank, Russell Road Industrial Estate
EH11 2NN Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 450 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 446 800 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
(SC Ref:293408)
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/88) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
4.2.2014