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Supply of Educational Materials

Fife Council

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13 Aug 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Fife Council bought educational materials for delivery across Fife, Scotland. The requirement covers the supply of education-related goods under CPV 39162000, supporting the council’s public education services. It was procured through the Scotland Excel Contract for Educational Materials and covered all lots, with this process recording the council’s call-off requirement. The contracting authority is Fife Council, a local authority based in Glenrothes. The awarded supplier was Findel Education Ltd, based in Hyde, and the contract relates to the delivery of materials for use within Fife. This is a goods procurement rather than a services or works requirement, and is relevant to suppliers of educational resources able to serve a council-wide requirement.

This procurement has been awarded and is complete. It was run as an open procedure, with one electronic bid received; the sole bid was from an SME. Findel Education Ltd was awarded the contract for the single lot. The notice is retrospective and records actual call-off against the Scotland Excel educational materials arrangement. The stated call-off period was 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, while the lot description gives 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2026. The contract was signed on 31 March 2026 and has an active status. Its awarded contract value is £1,218,397. Evaluation was conducted through the open-procedure route, with the contract awarded to the sole bidder for the educational materials requirement.

This award demonstrates substantial council demand for educational materials supplied across Fife through a recognised collaborative purchasing route. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need a dependable range of education-related goods, the operational capacity to fulfil council-wide call-offs, and reliable distribution into schools and other public education settings. The procurement also shows that an SME secured the award, indicating that participation was achievable for a suitably scaled specialist supplier rather than being limited to a large national organisation. Suppliers should be familiar with open public procurement, electronic bidding and the requirements of collaborative frameworks or contracts such as Scotland Excel’s educational materials arrangement. Experience supplying public-sector education customers would strengthen a competing offer.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply of Educational Materials

Notice Description

This Notice is a retrospective award which reflects the actual value of call off against the Scotland Excel Contract for Educational Materials (all Lots) for the period 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a retrospective award notice which reflects the actual call off value against Scotland Excel Contract: Supply of Educational Materials for the period 01 April 2026 - 31 March 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000840069
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG562229
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

CPV Codes

39162000 - Educational equipment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,218,397 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Mar 20264 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Fife Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLENROTHES
Postcode
KY7 5LT
Postcode Area
Kirkcaldy
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife
Delivery Location
TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife
Local Authority
Fife
Electoral Ward
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Westminster Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Findel Education Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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