Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

Tender description

The Scottish Ministers, acting through Scottish Procurement, seek to let a replacement national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services, in collaboration with the Scottish public sectors. There will be a maximum of 8 appointed to the Framework Agreement. The initial duration of the Framework Agreement will be 24 months with an option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods. The estimated value ranges from 28 000 000 GBP to 56 000 000 GBP. The framework agreement will be available for use by Scottish Public Sector Bodies. Full details provided in section VI.3 Additional Information. Documents can be found at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for the following ITT: Office Equipment Framework Agreement: itt_ 15876 If you require any additional support, please contact the BravoSolution Helpdesk on 0800 368 4850. The Scottish Ministers wish to award a national Framework Agreement for the provision of Office Equipment and Services. The Framework will be multi-supplier with a maximum of eight suppliers appointed. The Office Equipment and Services framework will include the supply and delivery of a wide portfolio of products ranging from small single function desktop printers to large print room high volume products, consisting of mono and colour, network and non-network requirements; and services and solutions up to a fully Managed Print Service. 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 Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, 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 Scottish Public Bodies is available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement The Office Equipment and Services requirements have been combined into a single framework rather than individual lots.