Question reference: S5W-09246
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 16 May 2017
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Current status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 31 May 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the competitive tender process for the baby box project was open to one candidate only.
Answer
The contract awarded to APS (Scotland) Group Ltd, takes the form of a call-off to the existing Publishing, Print, Design and Associated Services Scottish Government Procurement Framework.
This is a single-supplier framework agreement to which APS Group (Scotland) Ltd were appointed in 2014 following an advertised procurement process.