AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
NHS Fife announced an award to J Thomson Colour Printers for printing, packing, storing and ad-hoc delivery of 10,000 Initial Nursing Assessment and Patient Care Record documents.
Published outcomeAward published; the supplied contract record is marked active and gives a signed date of 10 December 2026.
Market significanceA small GBP 2,200 printed-materials requirement with supplier-held stock and call-off deliveries.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
J Thomson Colour Printers
93% confidenceAward awd-1 · 2200 GBP · Awarded; associated contract record marked active
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Award awd-1 names J Thomson Colour Printers as supplier and gives a value of GBP 2,200. The associated contract record is active.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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Process stage is "award" and display status is "awarded"; release tag is "award".
Contract record status
95% confidenceActive
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Contract record awd-1 has status "active".
Contract signed date
95% confidence10 December 2026
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Contract record awd-1 gives dateSigned as 2026-12-10T00:00:00Z.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidenceGBP 2,200
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Award awd-1 value is 2200 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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published_at is 2026-10-12T16:13:21Z.
Contract signed
95% confidence10 December 2026
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Contract record dateSigned is 2026-12-10T00:00:00Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePrint, package, store and provide ad-hoc call-off delivery of 10,000 documents
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Published description specifies printing, packaging, storage and ad-hoc delivery/draw-down of 10,000 documents.
Document format and packing
98% confidenceA4 portrait, 19 pages, 90gsm white offset; four-colour printing; folded, gathered, double wire stitched, trimmed and two-hole drilled; boxes of 100
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The published description provides these production and packing specifications.
Stock and delivery model
98% confidence100 boxes of 100 held by the supplier and called off through ad-hoc deliveries
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Description states that documents are held at the supplier and called off in boxes of 100 through ad-hoc deliveries.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 22000000 — Printed matter and related products
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Classification data lists CPV 22000000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceUnknown
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No procurement method or procedure details are supplied.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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The published data contains no bidder count, bid prices, scores or evaluation narrative.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
95% confidenceActive in supplied contract record
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Contract awd-1 status is "active".
Term and end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date, end date, duration, extension or renewal terms are supplied.
Call-off arrangement
98% confidenceSupplier-held stock with ad-hoc delivery in boxes of 100
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Published requirement states stock will be held at the supplier and called off in boxes of 100.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Supply model
96% confidenceThe requirement combines print production with inventory holding and responsive call-off logistics.
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The specification requires storage at the supplier and ad-hoc delivery of boxed stock.
Incumbent-stock note
94% confidenceNHS Fife states that existing stock will be purchased from the incumbent supplier; the source does not identify that incumbent or quantify the stock.
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The description says "any existing stock will be purchased from incumbent supplier".
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceJ Thomson Colour Printers is an unverified source name.
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supplier_identity_status is checked_unmatched: the Companies House workflow completed without finding a safe company match.
Published information gaps
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes procurement method, competition, award decision date, contract start and end dates, duration, renewal terms, and evaluation detail.
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Relevant fields are null or absent from the supplied data.
Date sequence anomaly
99% confidenceThe supplied signed date of 10 December 2026 is later than the award notice publication date of 12 October 2026. The records do not explain this sequence.
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published_at is 2026-10-12; dateSigned is 2026-12-10.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier name J Thomson Colour Printers remains unverified: the Companies House workflow completed without finding a safe company match.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes procedure, bidder participation, evaluation, award decision date, contract term, end date, extension options and renewal terms.
- The contract signed date is later than the published award notice date; the supplied records do not explain the sequence.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
NHS FifeJ Thomson Colour Printersprinted matterpatient care recordprinting contractPublic Contracts Scotland
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the NHS Fife printing award?
The published award names J Thomson Colour Printers. Its company identity could not be safely matched in the supplied verification workflow.
What is the award value?
The award value is GBP 2,200.
What is being supplied?
The requirement covers printing, packaging, storage and ad-hoc delivery of 10,000 Initial Nursing Assessment and Patient Care Record documents in boxes of 100.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.