Printing & Fulfilment of Candidate Certificates

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Awarded value£34,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Aug 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Adare International Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

QA requires a secure service to print candidate certificates. These then require to be sorted ready for dispatch to individual candidate addresses.

CPV: Printing services

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1SQA requires a secure service to print candidate certificatesAwarded

SQA requires a secure service to print candidate certificates. These then require to be sorted ready for dispatch to individual candidate addresses.

Delivery: Scotland

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 24 Aug 2022, 15:59 BST
Last source update: 26 Mar 2024, 13:07 GMT
Authority reference: SQA1964
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-009800
Classification (CPV): Printing services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03629d Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: SQA wishes to extend the current Printing contract for a further 12 months due to lack of internal resources to complete a new tender process.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:762093)

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £34,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 44 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 18 Aug 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Adare International LimitedSME	£34,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Adare International LimitedSME	£34,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 009800-2024-1 · Adare International LimitedSME
Signed
18 Aug 2022
Value
£34,000
Status
active
Contract 023668-2022-SQA1964-1 · Adare International LimitedSME
Signed
18 Aug 2022
Value
£34,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad	4	—	—

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Lowden, 24 Wester Shawfair, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, EH22 1FDContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

1 commercial party on the notice

Adare International LimitedAwarded supplier ENI Housee, Basing View, Basingstoke, UK, RG21 4YYContact phone

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.