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Archival Boxboard

Buyer: National Library of Scotland →

BuyerNational Library of Scotland
StatusAwarded
Deadline4 May 2026
Value£480,000
Published8 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The National Library of Scotland and the National Records of Scotland jointly entered into contract for the supply and delivery of archival boxboard of a range of sizes and weights, to be cut and folded at the organisations' premises using KasemakeCAD box making machines. The boxes will be used to house collection materials, protecting them from fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity, exposure to light and dust, handling damage and the accidental release of water. All storage and archival work undertaken by the Organisations is carried out in compliance with ISO 16245:2009 Information and documentation - Boxes, file covers and other enclosures, made from cellulosic materials, for storage of paper and parchment documents; and BS 4971:2017 Conservation and care of archive and library collections. In addition, the contract includes the uplift of pallets and boxboard off-cuts.

Delivery location

UKM75

Categories

Photosensitive paper or paperboard 22993100Heat-sensitive paper or paperboard 22993200Thermographic paper or paperboard 22993300Hand-made paper or paperboard 22992000

Lot details

Lot 1

The National Library of Scotland and National Records of Scotland jointly procured a contract for the supply and delivery of archival boxboard and associated services (uplift of off-cuts and pallets). Lead tendering organisation was the National Library. Tender evaluation was carried out jointly between both organisations, and included the assessment of sample materials from all tenderers.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Technical Properties — 40
Delivery — 10
Contract Management and Business Continuity — 5
Fair Work First — 5
Sample Materials — 40
price — 30

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Photosensitive paper or paperboard, Heat-sensitive paper or paperboard, Thermographic paper or paperboardNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 22. The category anchor is Photosensitive paper or paperboard (22993100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 222073 median · 11.4 average (49 of 207 with a bid count)3.1 average (53 of 207 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not published1.5 average (2 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM752Not published1.5 average (2 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)223 median · 3 average (1 of 22 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 22 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

064036-2026-2025.26.058-1

Statusactive
Value£577,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065ac0
Latest release ID064036-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 08 2026 09:53:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Jul 2026award, contract064036-2026
1 Apr 2026tender030419-2026
1 Apr 2026tender030384-2026
24 Feb 2026planning016355-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (4 releases)
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1 Apr 2026 · 030419-2026 · tender
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1 Apr 2026 · 030384-2026 · tender
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24 Feb 2026 · 016355-2026 · planning
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