Who Won It

Contract award · 9 Apr 2025

Intention to Award a Contract for Hosting & Support of SND & SFSD

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) awarded “Intention to Award a Contract for Hosting &…” to MacLaren West Ltd for £700k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionSoftware & information systemsScotland

BuyerFood Standards Scotland (FSS)
Value £700k
WinnerMacLaren West Ltd SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) · National or federal agency/office
Supplier
MacLaren West Ltd SME
Value
£700,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Software & information systems · Database systems (CPV 48610000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
015032-2025 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date9 Apr 2025
  2. Published14 Apr 2025Published 5 days after the contract date

Description

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has a requirement for the continuation of Hosting and Support Services for its Scottish National Database (SND) and Scottish Food Sampling Database (SFSD). Additional development of the systems may also be required.

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
28 Apr 2025
MacLaren West Ltd SME £700k

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