Interim Award of Hygiene Paper Products

CPV: Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes

Procedure method

Negotiated without publication of a contract notice

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded

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

Unspecified in notice

First published

22 Oct 2026, 15:56 BST

Last source update

22 Oct 2026, 15:56 BST

Authority reference

NP50826

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-100128

Classification (CPV)

Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes

Delivery area

Scotland (UKM)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-078e36 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The Common Services Agency known as Public Services delivery Scotland intends to award an interim contract to Kimberly-Clark Professional using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

The existing hygiene paper dispenser estate across approximately 1,000 NHS Scotland sites is owned by Kimberly-Clark and their position is that third-party consumables are not authorised for use within its dispensers. While there is wider market competition for hygiene products and replacement dispensers, the contracting authority does not consider the immediate or parallel replacement of an estate of this scale to be operationally practicable across a large, complex and multi-hospital environment over the next 12 months.

National Procurement must maintain continuity of supply while a new competitive tender is completed and any transition to new supply arrangements is planned and implemented. In practice, this requires continued access to Kimberly-Clark products for use in the existing dispenser estate during the interim period. The award is therefore a temporary transitional arrangement for 12 months, with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months where required to support transition.

The future requirement will be competitively procured through NP50827, enabling NHS Scotland to transition away from reliance on the existing incumbent-owned dispenser estate. The contracting authority therefore considers a time-limited award to Kimberly-Clark to be the only presently deliverable solution identified for maintaining continuity of supply while the competitive procurement and transition are completed.

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• Kimberly-Clark Professional*Awarded supplier 1 Tower View, Kings Hill, West malling, UK, ME19 4HA

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