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Dear Mr Howes 

Thank you for your recent enquiry which was received on 10 May.

A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible and this should be within
20 working days, as you are requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2023-0018225. 

Yours sincerely
 

Department for Education

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Dear Rob Howes
 
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on
10/05/2023
 
You requested: 

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of
Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

RM6170: Print Management Services  Order Form Template (Command and House
Papers Service  only) (con_17921):
[1]https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov....

The details we require are:
• What are the contractual performance KPI's for this contract?
• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were
successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages • Actual spend on this
contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to
the current date • Start date & duration of framework/contract?
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification
given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so,
the duration of the extension?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are
being either extended or renewed?
• Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this
contract?

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely

Our Response: 

This is a Call-Off Contract procured via a CCS Framework  RM6170, so we
are only able to provide information specific to our Call-Off Contract,
and not the Framework as a whole. Please see [2]Search agreements - CCS
(crowncommercial.gov.uk) for more information on framework RM6170. We are
not able to share all details on suppliers, copy of product specification
due to commercial sensitivity.

Standard software SLA’s apply to this contract for the contractual KPI
performance.

The Total Contract value to date on the Print Management Services contract
is £40,000.
 
The Start date of the call off contract is 02/08/2022. The contract
Duration is 1 year + 1 year extension option. The end date for the call
off contract is 01/08/2023.
Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so,
the duration of the extension? Yes. The extension provision was for 1
year.
The senior officer responsible for this contract is
[email address].

Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are
being either extended or renewed? No decision has been made.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.  
  
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter.  Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.    
  
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s
Office.    
  
Yours sincerely 

DfE Commercial FoI Team

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