APS Group Secures Scottish Government Print Management Contract

Following a competitive tender process, APS Group has secured a contract from the Scottish Government for the supply of design, print, publishing and associated services. APS can now confirm the new contract win, which will run for an initial period of two years, following a statutory 13-day standstill period.

APS Group Scotland Ltd will manage and deliver all aspects of the contract from a new APS Document Management and Operations Centre in Edinburgh.

This new site will incorporate account management personnel; a publishing and bibliographic management team; digital printing and production; digital copying, scanning and print-on-demand; storage; and design and artwork studios.

The model APS intends to operate will involve working in close collaboration with a number of Scottish agencies as well as print manufacturers and other SME suppliers throughout Scotland, with whom APS has excellent relations. Personnel within its operations centre will be drawn from the Scottish labour market.

Allan Doyle, MD of APS Scotland said: "This is great news for APS and great news for Scotland. As a direct result of this contract win we will invest significantly in our infrastructure. As a result of this new contract we will secure a number of new jobs in Scotland both at APS and amongst our SME supplier partners.

"Our aim is to provide the best possible service to our clients and we are very much looking forward to delivering on our promises to the Scottish Government and its Collaborative Partners."

APS is an experienced provider of print management services within the UK. The company was first registered in 1961 and has been operating in Scotland since 2002.

The company employs some 497 staff at ten national and regional centres. The infrastructure, workflow methodology and the intellectual knowledge required to provide a full print management solution will be the one already deployed very successfully by APS, amongst its other UK customers.