Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-04-13
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30216100 | 30216110 | 30232100 | 30237000
Estimated value: 25000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Ministers are seeking to appoint a single supplier for a national collaborative framework agreement for IT Peripherals. The duration of the framework agreement will be 24 months with an option to extend for up to 2 further 12 month periods. The estimated value ranges from 20 000 000 GBP to 25 000 000 GBP over the 4 year period.
The framework agreement will consist of the following four product groups; General IT Peripherals; Audio-Visual Equipment; Desktop Printers and Scanners; and Networking.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish public sector and details are provided in Section II.2.4 Description of the procurement.
Documents can be found at: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for the following ITT:
Scottish Ministers are seeking to appoint a single supplier for a national collaborative framework agreement for IT Peripherals.
The framework agreement will consist of the following 4 product groups; General IT Peripherals; Audio-Visual equipment; Desktop Printers and Scanners; and Networking.
All services associated with the deployment of the product groups detailed above are considered to be within scope of the framework.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the Contracting Authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at:
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The Scottish Government is committed to contributing to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the people of Scotland, in order to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.
Computacenter (UK) Limited will be operating and delivering services under this framework from their Scottish locations. Computacenter (UK) Ltd are a significant employer in Scotland and are committed to the principles of Fair Work including fair and equitable treatment of all employees. Computacenter (UK) Ltd employees directly involved in the delivery of the framework are paid at a level which exceeds the real Living Wage.
Computacenter (UK) Ltd are committed to investing in Scotland and will be delivering community benefits which include creating a range of placements, apprenticeships, and student mentoring opportunities for young people to encourage them into the industry covering areas of IT, Business Administration or Supply Chain, in Scotland.
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.


Winner: Computacenter (UK) Limited
Award value: 25000000
Number of bids: 7