School furniture: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 39160000·Supplies · class·in Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 35 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
2 of 5 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Framework Agreement for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of Office Furniture, Educational Furniture and Library Furniture | Staffordshire County Council | 29 Oct 2026 | 41h | £9,000,000 ceiling |
| Educational Tables (1349) | Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation | 18 Nov 2026 | 21d | £12,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
39162000 Educational equipment33 notices · 35%39160000 School furniture19 notices · 20%39162200 Training aids and devices12 notices · 13%39162100 Teaching equipment11 notices · 12%39162110 Teaching supplies5 notices · 5%39161000 Kindergarten furniture3 notices · 3%- Electrical domestic appliances 98 · 12m
- Domestic furniture 68 · 12m
- Furniture 56 · 12m
- Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies 54 · 12m
- Miscellaneous furniture and equipment 52 · 12m
- Cleaning products 47 · 12m
- Office furniture 39 · 12m
- Miscellaneous furnishing 32 · 12m
- Catering equipment 29 · 12m
- Textile household articles 22 · 12m
- All of Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities39%(37 notices)
37 of 94 notices are Local authorities (39%).Central government24%(23 notices)
23 of 94 notices are Central government (24%).Education & universities19%(18 notices)
18 of 94 notices are Education & universities (19%).Other public bodies4%(4 notices)
4 of 94 notices are Other public bodies (4%).Police, fire & emergency2%(2 notices)
2 of 94 notices are Police, fire & emergency (2%).Not classified11%(10 notices)
10 of 94 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| ESPO | not classified | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | Local authorities | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Department for Education | Central government | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hampshire County Council | Local authorities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | Local authorities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Peterborough City Council | Local authorities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation | Other public bodies | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
61 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 59 of 94 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract67%(63 notices)
63 of 94 notices are Contract (67%).Framework33%(31 notices)
31 of 94 notices are Framework (33%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open41%(39 notices)
39 of 94 notices are Open (41%).Direct award19%(18 notices)
18 of 94 notices are Direct award (19%).Route not published18%(17 notices)
17 of 94 notices are Route not published (18%).Limited / restricted17%(16 notices)
16 of 94 notices are Limited / restricted (17%).Selective4%(4 notices)
4 of 94 notices are Selective (4%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold60%(9 notices)
9 of 15 notices are Above threshold (60%).Below threshold40%(6 notices)
6 of 15 notices are Below threshold (40%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (41) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
10 of 35 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 6 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
8 of 15 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 41 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 42 lots from 7 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 70 awards to 55 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 26% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| WHITTAN INDUSTRIAL LIMITED | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Laerdal Medical Limited | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Morleys (Bicester) LTD | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| CORNERSTONE TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Findel Education Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SIM & SKILLS LTD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gresham Office Furniture Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| ESPO | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 25 of 94 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in school furniture
5 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Framework Agreement for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of Office Furniture, Educational Furniture and Library Furniture | Staffordshire County Council | 29 Oct 2026 | 41h | £9,000,000 ceiling |
| Educational Tables (1349) | Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation | 18 Nov 2026 | 21d | £12,000,000 ceiling |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3916. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.