Creative Design and Print Framework Agreement
Meeting: 29/07/2013 - Cabinet Member for Strategic Communities (Item 12)
12 Creative Design and Print Framework Agreement 
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To consider a report requesting authorisationtoappoint suppliers toa newCreativeDesignandPrint FrameworkAgreement
Decision:
That the following suppliers be appointed to the Framework :-
· C21 Creative Communications Ltd
· Charles Mason and Associates Ltd
· Smith Creative
· Splinter Design Communications
and the Council enter into the necessary Framework Agreements with the above suppliers.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Strategic Communities considered a report relating to the Council’s Creative Design and Print Framework.
SinceApril2010CheshireEastCouncilhasnothadanin-housecreativedesign and printservice. Thismeantthatwhentheseservices wererequiredby the authority,they wereprocuredexternally by a numberofdifferent Councilservices within the authority. In September2010, theCouncil hadputinplacea contractfor creative designandprintserviceswitha singleprovider.Thiscontract hadexpiredon15April 2013. A new EU tender to provide Creative Design and Print Services to Cheshire East Council had advertised in July 2012.
An evaluation panel had undertaken a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of all tenders submitted and had identified four suppliers whose tenders met or exceeded the minimum acceptable standards, as specified in the Invitation to Tender. Thereportrequestedauthorisationtoappoint suppliers toa newCreativeDesignandPrint FrameworkAgreement. TheFrameworkAgreementhelda notionalvalueofbetween£800kand£1.2m overtheperiodofthe contract. The contract period was twoyears, ... view the full minutes text for item 12