Notice Information
Notice Title
Question Paper Printing & Collation
Notice Description
This contract shall be split into Lots and awarded as follows: Lot 1 - Printing of Question Papers - awarded to 2 suppliers Lot 2 - Printing of Maps - awarded to a single suppler Lot 3 - Collation of examination materials for onward dispatch - awarded to a single supplier
Lot Information
Printing of Maps
SQA wishes to appoint a single supplier to meet its requirements for printing and packing of map extracts from Ordnance Survey data files. The contracted supplier will also be allocated the Geography questions papers to print.
Renewal: 12 months
Collation of Examination MaterialsSQA wishes to appoint a single supplier to carry out the picking and collation of confidential examination materials in preparation for onward delivery to examination centres. The requirements for Lot 3 include the picking of packeted question papers, paper specific answer booklets (known hereafter as PSABs), digital question papers CDs (known hereafter as DQPs) and CDs.
Renewal: 12 months
Printing of Question PapersSQA wishes to appoint TWO suppliers to meet its requirements for printing and packing of confidential examination materials. The requirements for Lot 1 include: question papers, paper specific answer booklets (known hereafter as PSABs) and other supplementary printed examination materials.
Renewal: October 2029
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d49d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072947-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79810000 - Printing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £450,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Nov 20253 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Nov 20253 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@sqa.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 03452136720
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MIDLOTHIAN
- Postcode
- EH22 1FD
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Midlothian
- Electoral Ward
- Dalkeith
- Westminster Constituency
- Midlothian
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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