National Education Printer Agreement 2 (Nepa 2)
A Contract Award Notice
by NEUPC LTD
- Source
- OJEU
- Type
- Framework (Supply)
- Duration
- 4 year (est.)
- Value
- £80M
- Sector
- FACILITY
- Published
- 02 Aug 2021
- Delivery
- To 02 Aug 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
UNITED KINGDOM






7 buyers
- NEUPC Leeds
- Apuc Advanced Procurement for Universities & Colleges Stirling
- Hepcw Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales Cardiff
- Lupc London Universities Purchasing Consortium London
- NWUPC North West Universities Purchasing Consortium Manchester
- Supc Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium Reading
11 suppliers
- Epson Hemel Hempstead
- HP Inc Reading
- Kyocera Document Solutions Reading
- Brother Manchester
- Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Systems Chertsey
- Sharp Business Systems East Ardsley
- Ricoh Northampton
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions Basildon
- Canon Uxbridge
- Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Solutions Chertsey
- Sharp East Ardsley
Description
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd (NEUPC) is one of six UK Higher Education purchasing consortia established to deliver and manage a wide range of collaborative framework agreements designed to maximise third party expenditure within the higher education sector.
Lot Division
1 | Non-Managed Print Equipment Only This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 1 suppliers must supply an approved range of print equipment and associated options for ordering institutions to manage themselves. Though the focus of lot 1 is new machines, remanufactured machines may be specified by the customer. Remanufactured machines must be of the same build quality as new machines and match their performance and warranty. See ITT for full details. Award Criteria
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2 | Managed Print Equipment and Services Only (Including MFDs) This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 2 suppliers must supply a range of approved print related equipment and in addition offer a managed service covering institutional print requirements. See the ITT for full details. Award Criteria
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3 | Production Print Only This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. In addition to the general specification requirements for the framework Lot 3 suppliers must supply an appropriate range of approved production print equipment and machinery. Additional Finishing options both on and offline. Conformance to a highly responsive SLA. Print Management Software and associated peripherals, & finishing kit. See ITT for full details. Award Criteria
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4 | One Stop Shop for Managed and Production Print Equipment and Services This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union ( EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. One-stop shop for the supply of all Managed printers and MFDs plus production print equipment with the ability to provide a managed service where required (as specified in Lots 2 and 3). See ITT for full details. Award Criteria
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Award Detail
1 | Epson (Hemel Hempstead)
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2 | HP Inc (Reading)
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3 | Kyocera Document Solutions (Reading)
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4 | Brother (Manchester)
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5 | Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Systems (Chertsey)
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6 | Sharp Business Systems (East Ardsley)
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7 | Kyocera Document Solutions (Reading)
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8 | HP Inc (Reading)
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9 | Ricoh (Northampton)
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10 | Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Basildon)
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11 | Canon (Uxbridge)
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12 | Epson (Hemel Hempstead)
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13 | Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Solutions (Chertsey)
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14 | Sharp Business Systems (East Ardsley)
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15 | Canon (Uxbridge)
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16 | Epson (Hemel Hempstead)
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17 | Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Basildon)
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18 | Ricoh (Northampton)
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19 | Kyocera Document Solutions (Reading)
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20 | Toshiba Tec UK Imaging Systems (Chertsey)
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21 | Sharp (East Ardsley)
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22 | Canon (Uxbridge)
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23 | Epson (Hemel Hempstead)
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24 | Ricoh (Northampton)
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25 | Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Basildon)
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26 | Kyocera Document Solutions (Reading)
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Renewal Options
Option to extend the Contract for up-to two periods of 12 months each. The Maximum Contract length is 48 months.
CPV Codes
- 30232100 - Printers and plotters
- 30232110 - Laser printers
- 30232120 - Dot-matrix printers
- 30232130 - Colour graphics printers
- 30232150 - Inkjet printers
- 30121100 - Photocopiers
- 30120000 - Photocopying and offset printing equipment
- 30121000 - Photocopying and thermocopying equipment
- 30121200 - Photocopying equipment
- 30123000 - Office and business machines
- 30237310 - Font cartridges for printers
- 50313100 - Photocopier repair services
- 50313200 - Photocopier maintenance services
- 79800000 - Printing and related services
- 30125100 - Toner cartridges
- 30125110 - Toner for laser printers/fax machines
- 30125120 - Toner for photocopiers
- 42962000 - Printing and graphics equipment
- 42991200 - Printing machinery
- 42991500 - Parts of printing or bookbinding machinery
- 48773000 - Print utility software package
- 48773100 - Print-spooling software package
- 48970000 - Print shop software package
- 30192320 - Printer ribbons
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
NEUPC has awarded a national framework agreement to service the requirements of the UK Consortia Higher Education Institutions and Associate & Affiliate members for the supply of a full document print equipment supply capability including production print along with related services and peripherals through a framework for the complete provision of print equipment, services and associated finishing options across five lots. NEUPC intends to award up-to the 8 top ranked suppliers for lots 2, 3 and 4 and a maximum of up-to the 4 top ranked suppliers for lot 1 to the framework, see the ITT document for full details The Procurement will be conducted via the Delta e-sourcing portal on the notice link. Under no circumstances shall NEUPC incur any liability in respect of this ITT or any supporting documentation. NEUPC reserves the right to not proceed to Contract, or to cancel the Tender and will incur no Liability in doing so. 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. This framework is now awarded. This notice is available on Contracts Finder. To view this notice, please click here: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=614322553 GO Reference: GO-2021728-PRO-18639411
Reference
- OJEU 392706-2021