Printing and Mailing Services

This procurement is for the provision of printing and mailing services for a variety of publications and suppliers should be able to accept files in pdf format. Prospective suppliers must be able to manage both the printing and distribution of JANET(UK)'s publications.

The Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ) is available electronically below as a Word file and an Adobe PDF file.

Clarifications

As matters for clarification arise they will be answered by JANET(UK) and made available on the JANET(UK) e-tendering opportunities portal. Suppliers that have registered their intent to submit a proposal will be notified each time this is updated.

Registration

Suppliers should note that before submitting a response to the PQQ they must register their intent to do this with JANET(UK).

Each potential supplier must register on the JANET(UK) e-tendering opportunities portal at https://tenders.ja.net. Each potential supplier must register as a system user if they are a first time user of the JANET(UK) portal, which is a one-off activity. Once accepted by JANET(UK), each supplier will receive a username and password that should be used for all future accesses to the system. The only time that JANET(UK) will reject a supplier is if there is an attempt to have a duplicate registration for a supplier. Also, please note that this first time registration is not a registration for a particular contract, it is only the registration of the user on the JANET(UK) portal. When username and password are received, then a supplier must log in and then register their interest in a specific contract. It is recommended that a generic mailbox (such as sales@supplier) is set up, so that information from the system can be sent to more than one representative at the company.

The steps and timetable for this procurement are as follows:

Activity

Date

Notice of procurement in the EU journal

9th June 2008

Close of registration to take part in the procurement process

Noon on 11th July 2008

Final date for clarifications

8th July 2008

Prequalification questionnaire returns by:

Noon on Tuesday 15th July 2008

Complete review of responses and shortlist suppliers and issue OR

30th July 2008

Final date for clarifications

1st September 2008

OR returns by

Noon on Monday 8th September 2008

Selection of preferred suppliers

26th September 2008

Contracts placed with the preferred suppliers

31st October 2008

JANET(UK) reserves the right to vary this timetable if the need arises, within the constraints of the European Directive.