Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of Office Furniture, Educational Furniture and Library Furniture
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionStaffordshire County Council (SCC) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Office, Educational and Library Furniture, reference IA3675. The Framework Agreement shall comprise of 3 Lots.
The strategic aim for this procurement is to establish a single framework agreement split into three separate lots. One for Educational Furniture, a second for Office Furniture and the third for Library Furniture. Staffordshire County Council (SCC) wishes to contract with suitable suppliers who can supply and install the required products for each lot at the best value to the County Council.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Laboratory furniture · Library furniture · Office furniture · School furniture
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Mar 2027
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 1% of call-off value · Refer to framework documentation
Who may buy through it
- The Authority customers may utilise its services under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1975. Staffordshire Authority may allow this contract to be used by or on behalf of other UK public sector non-profit bodies. These will include Central Government Departments and their Agencies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police and Emergency Services, and Metropolitan/District Authority's Educational Establishments, Utilities, Registered Charities, Universities/Colleges, Police, Fire and a large number of charitable organisations.
For this Procurement the Authority is allowing the following Bodies to utilise the contract - Any public sector body within the UK.
Published description of the framework
Refer to framework documentation
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Office FurnitureRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
Provision of general office furniture and associated services (including but not limited to office seating, desking, tables, desk screens, monitor arms, storage and accessories).
This lot is for the supply, delivery and installation of office furniture including but not limited to; desks, chairs, pedestals, tambour units and meeting room furniture to Staffordshire County Council and other Customers via call-off contracts under a Framework Agreement. The customer base comprises of approximately 1,800 ordering and delivery points.
Lot #2Educational FurnitureRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
Provision of educational furniture and associated services (including but not limited to tables, chairs, soft seating, book storage, dining room furniture and outside furniture & equipment) in line with schools' requirements.
This lot is for the supply, delivery and Installation of educational furniture, apparatus and equipment to educational establishments which includes but is not limited to; desks, chairs, pedestals, tambour units, meeting room furniture and first aid equipment on an ad hoc basis as and when required by the County Council, Schools and Academies in Staffordshire.
The educational lot should also cater for school apparatus such as but not limited to Bunsen Burners, sports equipment (netballs, rugby balls), Dining Room Furniture, library furniture and playground equipment.
Lot #3Library FurnitureRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
Provision of library furniture and associated services inc. full design service.
This lot is for the supply, delivery and installation of Library Furniture to Staffordshire County Council, Schools and Academies, via call-off contracts under a Framework Agreement. The lot includes for
- Management of specific library re-fit, or a programme of library re-fits.
- Design of new internal library layout with an innovative design solution.
- Supply of goods, i.e. furniture and fittings, etc.
- Installation of goods, i.e. furniture and fittings, etc.
- Advise on signage and graphics for refitted library
- After sales support
- Training on the use of supplied goods, where necessary
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Office Furniture | 40% | 60% | |
| 2 · Educational Furniture | 80% | 20% | |
| 3 · Library Furniture | 100% | — |
- Price carries 20–60 points depending on the lot. Read the split per lot below.
- “Framework Agreement for The Supply, Delivery and Installation of…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Staffordshire County Council buys School furniture (CPV 3916), and who usually turns up
Staffordshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: School furniture (CPV 3916) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5% / 2%
2–322% / 7%
4–627% / 24%
7+46% / 67%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Lot #1Office FurnitureCPV 3913Published estimate£1.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 3913. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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1 bid2%
2–317%
4–671%
7+10%
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Where the award price may land.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £18m19 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 9 live · £13m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=2 | |
Lyreco UK LimitedLarge | £16m72 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 32 live · £106m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 |
| £379k6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | 7% below n=2 | |
| £478k20 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 32% below n=1 | |
| £38k4 awards in 36m · last 18 months ago | 3 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Educational FurnitureCPV 39Published estimate£2.0m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 39. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid1%
2–319%
4–657%
7+23%
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Where the award price may land.
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Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £62k1 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £62k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £30k1 awards in 36m · last 15 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 | |
| £722k1 awards in 36m · last 32 months ago | None on file | 10% below n=1 | |
| — | 1 live · £16m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #3Library FurnitureCPV 3915Published estimate£6.0m
This lot is listed as CPV 3915. The table above uses the notice category.
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The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–312%
4–672%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £2.1m28 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £286k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 14% below n=3 | |
| £366k7 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £564k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £478k20 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 32% below n=1 | |
| £38k4 awards in 36m · last 18 months ago | 3 live · £12m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 5 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 5 live · £29m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- 47. The Authority customers may utilise its services under the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1975. Staffordshire Authority may allow this contract to be used by or on behalf of other UK public sector non-profit bodies. These will include Central Government Departments and their Agencies, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Police and Emergency Services, and Metropolitan/District Authority's Educational Establishments, Utilities, Registered Charities, Universities/Colleges, Police, Fire and a large number of charitable organisations. For this Procurement the Authority is allowing the following Bodies to utilise the contract - Any public sector body within the UK.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2030
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 08:39 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 08:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
IA3675- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093089- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f28Find a Tender
- Risks
There is a no 'known unknown' risk associated with Local Government Reorganisation.
Local Government Re-organisation
1.1 In December 2024 the Government issued a White Paper on Local Government Re-Organisation entitled the "English Devolution White Paper".
1.2 In March 2025 Staffordshire County Council submitted their suggested re-organisation plan to the Government and are awaiting a response.
1.3 Final proposals were submitted in November 2025, and implementation of the changes is expected by Government to be by 2028 at the earliest.
1.4 Whilst the expected impact of most changes to Local Government will be settled at Government Level (Change in Law), please be aware that it may be government policy or expedient that any affected party will be recommended to agree bi-lateral or multi-lateral changes to their existing contractual arrangements.
1.5 Updates on proposals and changes can be found on the Staffordshire County Council Website and at other media outlets
2 The parties agree that in the event of a Local Government Re-organisation: -
2.1. that re-organisation of local authorities may result in the transfer assignment or novation of this Agreement in was a whole or in part to a successor authority or successor authorities. Such transfer assignment or novation shall not constitute a breach or require consent and the [contracting party] consents to the transfer assignment or novation of this Agreement in whole or in parts to any successor authority(ies) established under the local government re-organisation legislation and that as a consequence the obligations and rights under this Agreement shall continue to apply and be enforceable by or against any successor authority(ies) following a local government re-organisation; and
2.2 the parties acknowledge that if applicable the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply and agree to comply with all consequential and reasonable obligations arising thereunder
2.3 the parties acknowledge that any new organisation(s) may utilise or create and manage all and any existing or required framework agreements relating to the provision of the [goods and] services provided under this current agreement
2.4 any administrative changes of local government re-organisation may give rise to the need for the Council to terminate this Agreement and or seek any variation with any successor or assignee of the Council.
2.5 the Council shall not be liable for any loss of any kind including, but not limited to, lost opportunity that may arise as a result of local government re-organisation.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 1% of call-off value · Refer to framework documentation
All tender and requests for for information should be done through the Council's eTendering Portal Proactis
Timeline
2 Oct 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published25 days ago2 Oct 2026, 08:39 BST
- Clarification questions by4 days ago22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 3 days · period end, not a bid countdown29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 87 days21 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 125 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 08:39 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender