Major Lloydasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the printing of the stamp cards and doctors' registration cards for the new scheme was put out for tender; whether the lowest tenders were accepted; and if he will give the names of the firms whose tenders were accepted and the quantities they were authorised to produce.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallTenders were invited from all firms on Stationery Office lists considered suitable for this work. Allocation was at the lowest price overall having regard to delivery requirements and the available capacity of the firms tendering. The details are:220W
STAMP CARDS. Name of firm. Number of cards. Redditch Indicator Co., Ltd., Redditch 10,430,000 Scottish Co-operative Society Ltd., Glasgow 8,788,175 Newton Mill Ltd., Hyde 7,500,000 C. Birchall & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool 5,500,000 Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., Dunstable 3,825,000 Drayton Printing Works, London 2,450,000 H.M. Stationery Office Press, London 2,000,000 DOCTORS' REGISTRATION CARDS Victor Printing Co., Ltd., London 20,000,000 McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., Wolverton 10,000,000 C. Birchall & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool 10,000,000 Scottish Co-operative Society Ltd., Glasgow 5,000,000 Mardon Son & Hall, Ltd., Bristol 2,500,000 *Bennett Bros., Ltd., Bristol 700,000 *Edward Roberts, Ltd., Cardiff 22,000 * This work was placed with these two firms under existing long term contracts.