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
- The Highland Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Xeretec Office Systems Ltd SME
- Value
- £3,929,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Photocopiers (CPV 30121100)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 052604-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Aug 2025
- Published29 Aug 2025Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of managed print services to sites throughout the Highland Council area, including (but not limited to) Council offices, schools, and other Council facilities. Supply, installation, and maintenance of multi-functional devices (MFDs)and supply and installation of consumables (excluding paper). A managed print contract has been in place with the supplier since (2014) and this modification is proposed for an additional 2 years to the current 6 year contract to allow for a programme of work to be conducted. There is a requirement to move to a fully cloud print solution as part of the council technology roadmap to deliver their ICT Strategy. The combination of this change and network redesign will increase council resilience and ensure that printers will continue to work on council sites.
About the supplier
Xeretec Office Systems Ltd: every public contract they have won.