Printing and related services

Tender description

Trinity operates a decentralised purchasing model with over 100 cost centres and approximately 1 400 separate transactions per annum. However, a core requirement of this competition is the delivery of services to this decentralised ad-hoc model while supporting the central brand management and visual identity requirements of Trinity and the category management focus of the procurement office. The print requirements are comprised of items such as advertising materials, brochures, business forms, leaflets, printed stationery, their storage and in some cases distribution. The requirements will be generated by users throughout the University in a decentralised model. Trinity is required to achieve value for money across their internal clients’ print requirements by reducing the total cost of print and associated costs. Trinity College Dublin (Trinity) wishes to establish a single supplier services contract for the provision of print broker services for a period of 1 year, renewable annually to a maximum period of 4 years. Trinity is home to 18 000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all the major disciplines in the arts and humanities, and in business, law, engineering, science, and health sciences. Trinity operates a decentralised purchasing model with over 100 cost centres and approximately 1 400 separate transactions per annum. However, a core requirement of this competition is the delivery of services to this decentralised ad-hoc model while supporting the central brand management and visual identity requirements of Trinity and the category management focus of the procurement office. The print requirements are comprised of items such as advertising materials, brochures, business forms, leaflets, printed stationery, their storage and in some cases distribution. The requirements will be generated by users throughout the University in a decentralised model. Trinity is required to achieve value for money across their internal clients’ print requirements by reducing the total cost of print and associated costs.