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 Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kimberly-Clark Professional*
- Value
- £19,600,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes (CPV 33760000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 100128-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Oct 2026
- Published22 Oct 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
Interim award of hygiene paper consumables for the supply of essential paper-based products used to support hygiene and infection prevention across healthcare and workplace environments. This includes products such as toilet tissue, hand towels, facial tissues and couch rolls, designed for use with the existing dispenser estate.
About the supplier
Kimberly-Clark Professional*: every public contract they have won.