Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) spend on office supplies: FOI release

Information requested

Information regarding spend on office supplies and associated products for financial years 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023 & 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024.

Response

Q. The spend on Office supplies and associated products for the financial year 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023

TwoFold - Envelopes – total spend - £943.92

Lyreco - Stationery – total spend - £486.22

Q. The spend on Office supplies and associated products for the financial year 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024.

TwoFold - Envelopes – total spend - £507.36

Lyreco - Stationery – total spend - £790.25

Q. Start date & duration of contract?

TwoFold and Lyreco have had contracts for the periods 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 and 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024. With current contract dates as follows:

TwoFold – 19 November 2022 to 18 November 2025

Lyreco – 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2027

Q. Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, the duration of the extension?

No

Q. Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract is to be either extended or renewed?

No

Q. Who is the senior office (outside of procurement) responsible for the contract?

Director of Corporate Services

Q. Name of incumbent supplier?

TwoFold and Lyreco

Q. How long have you traded with them?

5 plus years for both suppliers

Please also see the following link that provides guidance for public sector organisations on how to use the framework on the provision of general office supplies: Procurement: general office supplies framework - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Q: If you publish your register of contracts and purchasing, can you please provide a website link.

We don't publish the full contracts register, however, we do publish expenditure over £25k on the following link: Corporate Publications - SAAS

Q: In addition, can you confirm if you have a contract in place for Tail End Spend.

We do order Ad Hoc items via companies such as Amazon via our EPC (credit card), we don’t have a contract in place, we review the spend annually to ensure it is a minimal amount and to try and channel expenditure via contracts where possible.

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