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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Student Loans Company Limited · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £400,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Printing and related services (CPV 79800000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 037768-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2023
- Published21 Dec 2023Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of print (application form, notes, envelopes and associated packaging and distribution to Learning Centres throughout UK) to support key customer communications leading to applications on time to support the wider business operations of SLC. Distribution of printed matter to various locations across the UK, volumes to be agreed as required.
About the supplier
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited, trading as the APS Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00681528).