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Question Paper Printing & Collation

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Scottish Qualifications Authority

Buyer Address: Lowden, 24 Wester Shawfair, Dalkeith, Midlothian, UKM73, EH22 1FD

Contact Email: procurement@sqa.org.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 03452136720

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
450000.0 GBP
Published
27 Oct 2025, 00:00
Deadline
03 Dec 2025, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
79810000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

This contract shall be split into Lots and awarded as follows: Lot 1 – Printing of Question Papers – awarded to 2 suppliers Lot 2 – Printing of Maps – awarded to a single suppler Lot 3 – Collation of examination materials for onward dispatch – awarded to a single supplier

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542170

Link Title: Question Paper Printing & Collation

Link Description: This contract shall be split into Lots and awarded as follows: Lot 1 – Printing of Question Papers – awarded to 2 suppliers Lot 2 – Printing of Maps – awarded to a single suppler Lot 3 – Collation of examination materials for onward dispatch – awarded to a single supplier

Lots

Lot Title: Printing of Maps

Lot Description: SQA wishes to appoint a single supplier to meet its requirements for printing and packing of map extracts from Ordnance Survey data files. The contracted supplier will also be allocated the Geography questions papers to print.

Lot 2 Status: active

Lot 2 Has Options: No

Lot Title: Collation of Examination Materials

Lot Description: SQA wishes to appoint a single supplier to carry out the picking and collation of confidential examination materials in preparation for onward delivery to examination centres. The requirements for Lot 3 include the picking of packeted question papers, paper specific answer booklets (known hereafter as PSABs), digital question papers CDs (known hereafter as DQPs) and CDs.

Lot 3 Status: active

Lot 3 Has Options: No

Lot Title: Printing of Question Papers

Lot Description: SQA wishes to appoint TWO suppliers to meet its requirements for printing and packing of confidential examination materials. The requirements for Lot 1 include: question papers, paper specific answer booklets (known hereafter as PSABs) and other supplementary printed examination materials.

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Documents

Document Title: Question Paper Printing & Collation

Document Description: This contract shall be split into Lots and awarded as follows: Lot 1 – Printing of Question Papers – awarded to 2 suppliers Lot 2 – Printing of Maps – awarded to a single suppler Lot 3 – Collation of examination materials for onward dispatch – awarded to a single supplier

Document Title: SQA2543 ITT

Document Title: Please complete and return with your submission. Many thanks

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