United Utilities Water (UUW) has opened a tender with two lots, the first requiring the chosen to supplier “to support our composition platform to process our files including but not limited to, bill printing for annual (main), half year and supplementary billing of all domestic unmeasured customers and inserts/leaflets for all UUW domestic customers, miscellaneous billing, reminders, legal notices, various payment and debt collection documents and automated letters”.
For the second lot, the supplier will be required to print, fulfil and post, including, but not limited to, bill printing for annual (main), half year and supplementary billing of all domestic unmeasured customers.
This will include the production, enveloping and despatch of all documents and inserts/leaflets for all UUW domestic customers, miscellaneous billing, reminders, legal notices, various payment and debt collection documents, automated letters, automated customer information leaflet fulfilment services and manual fulfilment services.
Overall, the tender is worth £50.7m excluding VAT; £3.2m for the first lot and £47.5m for the second lot.
Tenders may be submitted for all lots, and the duration of both is 96 months (eight years), with the contract not subject to renewal. The agreement will be three years (36 months) plus five years (60 months) on a one year at a time basis.
UUW said the procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators and that the envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement is two.
The time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 12pm on Wednesday (15 May) and further information is available via Find a Tender.
Separately, Natural History Museum Trading Company wishes to secure the services of two photographic printers to deliver photographic printing for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Touring Exhibition.
With an estimated total value of £263,000 excluding VAT, the contract is divided into lots and tenders may be submitted for all lots although the maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer is one.
The first lot is for translucent prints for backlit display on light panels and is worth £95,000, while the second lot is for Dibond panels for standard gallery display and is worth £168,000. The duration of the first lot is 12 months while the duration of the second is 24 months.
The time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 12pm on 31 May 2024.
Finally, National Museums Liverpool (NML) is inviting tenders “from suitably qualified and experienced contractors to enter into a multi-provider framework agreement” to undertake graphic production and installation across its exhibition galleries and venues.
NML said it typically produces 18-22 exhibitions and displays across its seven venues per year. It also has several permanent galleries which require maintaining to a high level.
“We would be expecting contractors to be producing graphics such as large-scale printed wallpaper, graphic panels on substrates, printed vinyl, foam labels, recyclable/sustainable signage, and screen printing to name a few. The requirements of each call-off contract will contain varying scope depending on the design and exhibition venue,” it stated.
Appointed contractors awarded 'call-off' contracts' from this framework agreement will work collaboratively with NML’s internal design team to develop a graphic production approach in line with project milestones, timescales, and exhibition programmes.
The estimated maximum total value is £250,000 excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 36 months and is subject to renewal, with a two-year optional extension.
The time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 10am on 10 June 2024.
