Agenda item

To consider a report requesting authorisationtoappoint suppliers toa newCreativeDesignandPrint FrameworkAgreement

       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,withthe optionto extend for one year and thenonemoreyear, apotentialtotalof four years.

       At the Cabinet Meeting of the 28 May 2013, it had been resolved that following an EU procurement process, the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Communities be given delegated authority to appoint the successful bidders to the Creative Design and Print Framework Agreement.

        RESOLVED

        That, followingan EU compliant procurement process and the Cabinet decision giving the PortfolioHolderforStrategic Communitiesdelegated authorityto appointthe successfulbidders to the Creative Design andPrintFrameworkAgreement, 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.