Packaging for SQA question papers and scripts.
UK
Packaging for secure delivery
Award criteria
Evidence of quality of products to include samples submitted and quality control processes — 25
Details of manufacturing processes, stock holding and delivery timescales - to include relevant supply chain management — 20
Evidence of Account Management and MI reporting capability — 5
Evidence of Corporate & Social Responsibility – to include continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives — 10
price — 40
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mail or parcel bags | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 18. The category anchor is Mail or parcel bags (18933000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 18 | 453 | 8 median · 51.6 average (168 of 453 with a bid count) | 4.3 average (176 of 453 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 0 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 174 | 13 median · 137.2 average (49 of 174 with a bid count) | 7.6 average (53 of 174 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.
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.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
No documents are published in the current source record.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-04b762 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 024016-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Mar 17 2026 12:45:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | goods |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 32014L0024 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 3 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2026 | award, contract | 024016-2026 |
| 8 Jan 2025 | tenderUpdate | 000482-2025 |
| 18 Nov 2024 | tender | 037223-2024 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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