Prior to the award of a nationalcontract, NHSScotland, in accordance with the requirements of European Public ProcurementLegislation designed to ensure fair and open competition for any contracts awarded,published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),requesting suppliers to note their interest, for the provision of printservices.A total of 93 companies respondedto the notice and all were asked to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire todemonstrate that they were capable of providing the required services to NHSScotland.Of the 41 companies who completed and returned the pre-qualification questionnaireonly 27 met the minimum qualification requirements to be included in the TenderList.All bids received underwent arigorous evaluation process and supplier site visits were also undertaken to allowevidence to be gathered as to the suppliers’ capacity and capability to meet...