Who won: SPS-02117 Provision of Retail Goods to the SPS

About this contract

The purpose of this procurement exercise is to award a contract for the supply of retail goods to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The SPS is an Agency of the Scottish Government Justice Department and currently operates sites across Scotland. In addition to the secure, operational establishments, the SPS also operates a college, a central store and an administrative headquarters building. SPS sites range from HMP Inverness and HMP&YOI Grampian in the north to HMP Dumfries in the south. Further information and Site location is available from the SPS’s website: www.sps.gov.uk. The SPS’s secure, operational establishments provide a shopping facility for all prisoners, from which they are able to buy a range of goods. The intention of this Contract is to enable the supply and provision of a range of goods to any of the SPS’s sites. The SPS shall expect the supplier to offer the range of goods and associated services.

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