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| Source: | Find a Tender Service (FTS) |
| Notice Type: | Award notice |
| Buyer: | The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) |
| Main Category: | Goods |
| Procurement Method: | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Method Rationale: | The Common Services Agency known as Public Services delivery Scotland intends to award an interim contract to Kimberly-Clark Professional using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The existing hygiene paper dispenser estate across approximately 1,000 NHS Scotland sites is owned by Kimberly-Clark and their position is that third-party consumables are not authorised for use within its dispensers. While there is wider market competition for hygiene products and replacement dispensers, the contracting authority does not consider the immediate or parallel replacement of an estate of this scale to be operationally practicable across a large, complex and multi-hospital environment over the next 12 months. National Procurement must maintain continuity of supply while a new competitive tender is completed and any transition to new supply arrangements is planned and implemented. In practice, this requires continued access to Kimberly-Clark products for use in the existing dispenser estate during the interim period. The award is therefore a temporary transitional arrangement for 12 months, with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months where required to support transition. The future requirement will be competitively procured through NP50827, enabling NHS Scotland to transition away from reliance on the existing incumbent-owned dispenser estate. The contracting authority therefore considers a time-limited award to Kimberly-Clark to be the only presently deliverable solution identified for maintaining continuity of supply while the competitive procurement and transition are completed. |
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| Award status: | Active |
Interim Award of hygiene paper consumables for the supply of essential paper-based products used to support hygiene and infection prevention across healthcare and workplace environments. This includes products such as toilet tissue, hand towels, facial tissues and couch rolls, designed for use with the existing dispenser estate.
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| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | Not specified |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2026 |
| Application Deadline: | — |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-h6vhtk-078e36 |
| Notice Reference: | 100128-2026 |