Official UK procurement notice
Box-Making Machine Replacement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Records of Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Records of Scotland (NRS) is seeking to procure the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and training of a replacement box-making machine, together with associated software, warranty, maintenance and support services. The contract will support NRS's in-house production of archival storage boxes and preservation packaging required to protect and preserve national records.
CPV: Machinery for paper or paperboard production
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£114,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Submission: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Submission: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The selection criteria are stated in the procurement documents, specifically the Instructions to Tenderers.
Detailed selection criteria and minimum standards relating to professional standing, economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability are set out within the SPD (Scotland) and procurement documents available through PCS-Tender.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £228,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How National Records of Scotland buys Machinery for paper or paperboard production (CPV 4280), and who usually turns up
National Records of Scotland’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Machinery for paper or paperboard production (CPV 4280) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 32 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid39%
2–343%
4–613%
7+4%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate50%
Within ±2%25%
Above estimate25%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4280Published estimate£114k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid23%
2–351%
4–624%
7+2%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£94k–£115k
Estimate£114k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £50m8 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 1 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=3 | |
| £7.3m7 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £6.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £161k3 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | 4% above n=1 | |
| £4.5m4 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 | |
| £1.3m5 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | 29% below n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Oct 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
NRS-26-70-C- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101999- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07923eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Any contract performance conditions are set out in the procurement documents.
Publisher note: 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. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 33026. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:846662)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Nov 2026, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
28 Oct 2026 → 27 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published4h ago28 Oct 2026, 11:57 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 29 days27 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 29 days27 Nov 2026, 12:30 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers StreetReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria