Official UK procurement notice
FR Tops & FR Trousers · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Police Authority (Central government)
Sectors: Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories (18) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Framework ceiling (notional)£290,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 14 Apr 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFR Tops & FR Trousers
CPV: Special clothing and accessories
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 4 bids received (2.0 per place) · 3 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Mar 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2025, 08:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Apr 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035945- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ecb8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
No Tenders were received for FR Tops or FR Trousers in response to the Open Tender (Notice 793214 on 13th March 2025). Bids for FR Headovers and FR Coveralls were received in the Open Tender and those items have been awarded under that Notice.
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:802941)
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
- Appointment period ends
- 14 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Apr 2025, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
14 Apr 2025 → 14 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Apr 2025, 12:30 BST
- Notice published30 Jun 2025, 08:46 BST
- Bids must remain valid until191 days ago14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2025, 13:41 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Jun 2025, 08:46 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 3admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 25 Jun 2025
2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 035070-2025-FR Clothing-1
- Signed
- 25 Jun 2025
- Value
- £24,000
- Status
- active
Contract 035945-2025-1-1
- Signed
- 25 Jun 2025
- Value
- £301,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Ilasco LtdFramework contractor
- Protective Wear SuppliesFramework contractor
- Viking Arms LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria