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OpenStage · planning

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Sack Holders

Transport EquipmentCPV 34928480
Value£1,303,000
Deadline
Published16 Apr 2026
RegionNationwide

£1,303,000 — stated in the notice

Who to contact
Douglas Thomson
douglas.thomson@nhs.scot
+44 07890899518

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.3mtotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) has published 465 notices across all categories, and 91% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Framework agreement for the supply of sack holders (‘Products’) on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities')

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Framework agreement for the supply of sack

Framework agreement for the supply of sack holders (‘Products’) on behalf of all entities.

02

Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established

Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Framework agreement for the supply of sack holders (‘Products’) on behalf of all entities

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0683eb
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
034581-2026
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