SPPD - Publishing, Print, Design & Associated Services (PPDAS) 2025
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- APS Group (Scotland) Ltd
- Value
- £40,000,000
- Topic
- Designs
- Published
- 2 September 2025
Tender description
This Framework Agreement is for the Provision of Publishing, Print, Design & Associated Services (PPDAS) across the Scottish Public Sector. Lot 1: The Scottish Procurement & Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring requirements on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies. The current Publishing, Print, Design & Associated Services (PPDAS) framework is due to expire on 30 September 2025. The agreement is for a period of 4 years. The Contractor must be able to provide the full range of services as detailed in the Invitation to Tender documents to Public Sector Bodies on a cost effective and best value basis. These include (but are not limited) to the following: - Design Services - Publishing Services - Print Services - Display Materials - Promotional Items - Distribution Services - Delivery Services - Other Services
Timeline
- Completed: Award published2 September 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date2 September 2025
About the buyer
The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.
Relevant CPV codes
- 22314000 · Designs
- 30192700 · Stationery
- 30199700 · Printed stationery except forms
- 31682230 · Graphic display panels
- 32300000 · Television and radio receivers, and sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
- 34928470 · Signage
- 39133000 · Display units
- 39154100 · Exhibition stands
- 39171000 · Display cases
- 39294100 · Information and promotion products
- 71354100 · Digital mapping services
- 79530000 · Translation services
- 79800000 · Printing and related services
- 79810000 · Printing services
- 79822500 · Graphic design services
- 79824000 · Printing and distribution services
- 79933000 · Design support services
- 79970000 · Publishing services
- 79971000 · Bookbinding and finishing services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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