Printing contracts

Dyddiad y datganiad:
23 March 2018

You asked

  1. What is your total expenditure per annum on external print purchasing and related activity?

  2. Details of the supplier/s used and spend with each.

  3. Details of any current in house print function and value of print produced ‘in house’ vs. outsourced.

  4. How much of your total external print outsourced spend is procured through Crown Commercial Framework Agreements such as RM3785 Managed Print and Digital Solutions, RM921 Print Vendor Partner, RM1687 Wider Public Sector Framework, RM 1063 Postal Goods and Services Framework Agreement, if so please provide values.

  5. How likely are you to utilise the new RM 3785 Managed Print and Digital Solutions - LOT 2 – Tailored Managed Print Solutions for your future requirements, if not are there any reasons why?

  6. Details of when the contract/s were last tendered and when they are due for renewal.

  7. Who within the organisation has overall responsibility for Print and Digital Solutions?

We said

Thank you for your request. Please find the answers to your questions are as follows;

  1. Total expenditure for external printing 2016-17 = £21,392

  2. Most printing is undertaken internally by the Reprographics Unit (RU) but the amount stated in the response to question 1 above is with three suppliers - Appleton Signs, Dudfield Ltd and The Green Tree Press.

  3. The RU provides services to us including: printing, copying, collating, binding and finishing of documents, as well as posters and banners. Value of print produced by the RU for 2016-17 = £469,453. Note this total includes the external print costs (above) as business areas are recharged by the RU for external print.

  4. We only use 2 out of the 4 Frameworks listed: RM3785 and RM1063.

    RM3785 – APS (start 26.06.17 to 25.06.19) Zero print expenditure, but the organisation uses the Framework for provision of paper and envelopes.

    RM1063 – UK Mail (start 01.12.15 to 03.11.18). Zero print expenditure, but the organisation uses the Framework for the outgoing mail.

    RM921 and RM1687 are no longer in existence and now covered by the new RM3785.

  5. RM3785 – Lot2. Having recently direct awarding to the single suppler on Lot1 of this Framework (APS), it is likely we would not look to use Lot2 until our arrangement with APS expires.

  6. Linked to Q4. Both contracts in Q4 have extension options of 2 yrs (1yr + 1yr), ONS are therefore unlikely to retender for these requirements until 2021 and 2020 respectively

  7. The person responsible is the Director of Procurement. If you would like any further information, you can contact the team handling procurement on the following; pu.projects@ons.gov.uk

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