Paper supplies
UK
SQA require the supply and delivery of specialist paper products to their print rooms located at their Dalkeith and Glasgow sites.
Award criteria
Delivery of the Service — 25
Contract Management and Performance — 10
Ability to meet timescales — 10
Sustainability — 5
Innovation & Added value — 5
Fair Work Policy — 5
price — 40
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not published | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 22. The category anchor is Paper or paperboard registers (22810000); 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 22 | 656 | 4 median · 24 average (292 of 656 with a bid count) | 4.4 average (314 of 656 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 3 | 1 median · 2 average (3 of 3 with a bid count) | 1 average (3 of 3 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 197 | 8 median · 45.3 average (74 of 197 with a bid count) | 7.7 average (82 of 197 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 52 | 3 median · 3 average (1 of 52 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 52 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-05d401 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 023976-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Mar 17 2026 11:53:28 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 | 023976-2026 |
| 27 Oct 2025 | tender | 068477-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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