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ClosedStage · contract

Commercial Services

United Kingdom-West Malling: Processed paper and paperboard

Office & Computing EquipmentCPV 30000000 30100000 30190000 30197000
Value£1.7m
Deadline23 Feb 2015
Published10 Feb 2015
RegionSouth East
Timeline
Published 10 Feb 2015ClosedCloses 23 Feb 2015
Contract value in context
£1.7mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This is a large award for Office & Computing Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 8,857 valued Office & Computing Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

'Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in the UK with a turnover currently in excess of 600 m GBP pa and employing over 800 people from its base in Kent.

With its Schools Supplies Division set up nearly 70 years ago by Kent County Council, it has grown organically since then to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations.

These include local government, education establishments, the care sector and emergency services.

KCS is a trading unit of Commercial Services and provides a purchasing, warehousing and distribution service to a wide ranging customer base within local government and associated public bodies in Kent, neighbouring counties and across the UK.

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres.

It has an annual expenditure of over 1bn GBP on goods and services and a population of 1.3 m.

The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils.

In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the supply and delivery of Pulp-board.'

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

With its Schools Supplies Division set up

With its Schools Supplies Division set up nearly 70 years ago by Kent County Council, it has grown organically since then to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations.

02

In accordance with best procurement practice, EU

In accordance with best procurement practice, EU and UK Procurement Directives and Regulations, KCS wishes to create a Framework Agreement (the Agreement) for the supply and delivery of Pulp-board.'.

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Source & provenance
OCID
9537f816-1bb9-4853-95a0-b7bd52821165
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
2014/S 249-441157
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