3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment

The authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of 3D Printers, 3D Scanners and associated equipment for the Further and Higher education sector in the UK.This includes Full and Associate Members, and future members, and their associated and affiliated bodies of the UK higher and further education regional purchasing consortia :

• APUC Ltd.(Advanced Procurement for Universities & Colleges): https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/?#!/members
• HEPCW (Higher Education Procurement Consortia Wales): https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
• NEUPC (North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members/who-are-our-members
• NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/
• LUPC (London Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members/
• SUPC (Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium): https://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/

Other participating bodies include:

• Scotland Excel and their associate members
• NHS National (Scotland) Procurement
• Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture – SASA
• National Galleries of Scotland
• National Records of Scotland
• Forestry and Land Scotland
• Historical Environment Scotland
• Marine Directorate.

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Suppliers should confirm they will be in a position to complete (at point of award) the following:

Appendix A Form of Tender

Appendix B Freedom of Information

Appendix D APUC Sustain Supply Chain Code of Conduct

Appendix H Declaration of Non-involvement in Serious Organised Crime

Appendix I Declaration of Non- Involvement in Human Trafficking and Labour Exploitation

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29752 . For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:

Sub-Contracting is not a significant part of the overall anticipated contract spend.

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

The Contractor will work with the Authority to deliver Community Benefits or social value where they are identifiable throughout the term of the Framework Agreement. Examples of Community Benefits or social value are providing training opportunities to staff and students, graduate placements and supply chain development in the local community.