Hybrid & Bulk Print Services

This new contract is considered a covered procurement

under the Procurement Act 2023, therefore, the award to

FDM must be in accordance with that Act. The Council is

relying on section 41, to make the direct award for the

justification set out in Schedule 5, paragraph 7), because the

services from FDM are additional or a repeat order. The Act

justifies a direct award where a contracting authority is ordering more of, or a partial replacement for, some existing

goods, services or works, this second contract with FDM can

be directly awarded where two conditions are fulfilled:

• A change in supplier would mean the contracting

authority receives different or incompatible goods,

works or services.

• The difference or incompatibility would result in

disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or

maintenance.