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title: "The complete purchase of a Box Cutting Machine - including delivery, installation, training plus an annual support and service term contract."
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# The complete purchase of a Box Cutting Machine - including delivery, installation, training plus an annual support and service term contract.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-complete-purchase-of-a-box-cutting-machine-including-delivery-installation-training-pl-ocds-h6vhtk-043959). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Library of Scotland: "The complete purchase of a Box Cutting Machine - including delivery, installation, training plus an annual support and service term contract.". Published status: complete. Published Value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Mar 2024, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Library of Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-library-of-scotland-GB-FTS-9417)
- **Published Value:** £120,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 March 2024 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial machinery, Machinery for paper or paperboard production, Paper or envelope folding machines
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £125,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043959`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-complete-purchase-of-a-box-cutting-machine-including-delivery-installation-training-pl-ocds-h6vhtk-043959#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-complete-purchase-of-a-box-cutting-machine-including-delivery-installation-training-pl-ocds-h6vhtk-043959#participate

## Description
To realise the strategic commitments around conservation and preservation of Library collections, the Library requires a Box Cutting Machine for use in the Sighthill Building.
This system must be able to design, crease and cut bespoke enclosure designs.
The boxes created by this system are primarily used by the Library to hold collection items in order to protect and preserve those items. Archival boxboard is the main material used for these boxes as it has preservation qualities.
This is a one-off requirement for the purchase of goods and associated support services for the duration of the term contract.
The Library requires a fully managed contract, including the management of subcontractors as required, for the full delivery of the goods and associated services scoped within this specification over the full term of the contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30131100, 42000000, 42800000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** The Library holds an extensive range of archival materials that are to be protected and preserved within bespoke enclosure designs utilising archival boxboard.
To create these bespoke enclosure designs the Library requires a customisable box cutting ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 014525-2024-2022.23.096-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Conservation By Design Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186011`
  - Value: £125,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 014525-2024-2022.23.096-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £125,000
  - Signed Date: 08/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014525-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-07T13:42:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:26:53.152Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043959