Promotional Products.

Descriptions

The Authority wishes to establish a multi-provider Framework Agreement for the provision of Promotional Products, Vouchers and Gift Cards and Promotional Clorthing. The Authority is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public contracts Regulations 2006 (the Regulations).The framework agreement will include, as a minimum, the provision of Promotional Products, Vouchers and Gift Cards and Promotional Clorthing and associated products.The Authority is procuring the Framework Agreement as a central purchasing body for itself and Other Contracting Bodies (OCB). This means that OCBs referred to in the OJEU Notice may also participate in the Framework Agreement.The Framework Agreement is being procurred on behalf of all current members, and any future members, of NWUPC, NEUPC, SUPC, APUC, LUPC, CPC and HEPCW and will commence on 1.9.2013 for an initial period of 3 years until 30.8.2017. Consideration will be given to extending the Agreement for a further 12 months until 31.8.2018, subject to market conditions and/or satisfactory supplier performance.Details of current membership for the above organisations can be found in Appendix 1 of the PQQ documentation. Membership details can also be located at the below website addresses:NWUPC - http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/index.phpNEUPC - http://neupc.ac.uk/SUPC - http://www.supc.ac.uk/LUPC - http://www.lupc.ac.uk/APUC - http://www.apuc-scot.ac.ukCPC - http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/HEPCW - http://hepcw.procureweb.ac.uk/The Member organisations above are located throughout the UK, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Call-off from the framework agreement will be done by mini-competition. Please see tender documents for full details.II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)18530000-3The Framework Agreement is to be open to the current and future member institutions and affiliated Public Sector bodies including FE colleges and the Research Councils (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/) as defined by the above Consortia. Any other HE or FE Institution within the UK wishing to participate in this agreement is only able to do so via a subsequent application that is accepted by the NWUPC. The membership of the Consortia may change in the future owing to strategic realignment or the inclusion of new full or associate and affiliate members, who could be outside the education/research sector, but within the public sector. Institutions that are not members of the Consortia may be subject to the payment of additional access fees on an annual basis to the co-ordinating body in respect of their use of the agreement. These fees are individually agreed up front with each institution and may be waived at the discretion of the NWUPC. The agreements will also be made available, during their incubation period, to those participating institutions" spin-off companies where 50% or more of their equity is owned by a participating institution or group of participating institutions.There is however no guaranteed level of expenditure on this Agreement; the competitiveness, level of service offered, and marketing effort of the chosen suppliers will be a large factor in determining how many institutions support the Agreement. The Authority are looking for Providers who will actively promote and market the Agreement and it is anticipated that multiple Providers will be appointed for each lot under the Framework Agreement.Documents can be accessed online via Intend following registration: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nwupc/aspx/Home