Concession award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Lowden, 24 Wester Shawfair, Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 1FD
UK
Telephone: +44 03452136720
E-mail: Procurement@sqa.org.uk
NUTS: UKM73
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sqa.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00386
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Printing & Fulfilment of Candidate Certificates
Reference number: SQA1964
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79810000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
QA requires a secure service to print candidate certificates. These then require to be sorted ready for dispatch to individual candidate addresses.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
34 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79810000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM73
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SQA requires a secure service to print candidate certificates. These then require to be sorted ready for dispatch to individual candidate addresses.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 12
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Form of procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a concession notice in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D4)
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
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.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-023668
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/08/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Adare International Limited
ENI Housee, Basing View
Basingstoke
RG21 4YY
UK
Telephone: +44 1256631600
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
34 000.00
GBP
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:762093)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/03/2024