Imperial War Museums: Printing Services for the IWM Range of Guidebooks

UK-London: Printing and related services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Imperial War Museums
       IWM London, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2074165000, Email: erowberry@iwm.org.uk
       Contact: Lizzie Rowberry
       Main Address: www.iwm.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Printing Services for the IWM Range of Guidebooks            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79800000 - Printing and related services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: IWM is tendering for a supplier to print the full range of the official IWM guidebooks for all five museums and three children’s guidebooks. The guidebooks will be available for purchase all of IWM admissions desks and gift shops across five sites.
Each guidebook version is the same specification and pagination, but artwork will be different for each version. Each version will be produced as a separate order, however if schedules allow, we will batch more than one version together for production.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 480,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            79810000 - Printing services.
            79823000 - Printing and delivery services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: IWM is tendering for a supplier to print the full range of the official IWM guidebooks for all five museums and three children’s guidebooks. The guidebooks will be available for purchase all of IWM admissions desks and gift shops across five sites.
Each guidebook version is the same specification and pagination, but artwork will be different for each version. Each version will be produced as a separate order, however if schedules allow, we will batch more than one version together for production.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2024/S 000-022971
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: IWM/2425/Ret/3336    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Printing Services for the IWM Range of Guidebooks

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 25/10/2024

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 17
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Belmont Press Ltd, 504862
             Barn Way, Lodge Farm Industrial Estate,, Northampton, NN5 7UW, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKF2
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 480,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Imperial War Museums
          London, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 2074165000

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 29/10/2024