Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation and Disposal of Scottish Welfare Fund Items
Authority: Midlothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMidlothian Council seeks to establish a framework for the supply, delivery, installation and disposal of domestic furniture and furnishings, including white goods to various types of domestic dwellings in Midlothian. The supply of goods is to meet the needs of the applicants of the Scottish Welfare Community Care Grant. The requirements will be tendered in the following Lots:
Lot 1: New Furniture
Lot 2: Reuse Furniture
The Contractor will have to ensure accessibility for all awarded applicants of the Scottish Welfare Community Care Grant to view the goods on offer. For example, physical and in-person viewing, digital and online viewing, etc.
Tenderers are invited to submit a tender response for one or both lots.
- Recurrence: Any future tender opportunities are likely to be published approximately 6 months before the end of the framework.
CPV: Bedroom furniture · Bedroom, dining room and living-room furniture · Dining-room furniture · Domestic appliances · Domestic cooking appliances · Domestic furniture · Floor coverings · Furniture · Kitchen furniture and equipment · Living-room furniture
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1New FurnitureRenewalPublished value£1,620,000
This lot is for the supply, delivery, installation and disposal of new domestic furniture and furnishings to various types of domestic dwellings in Midlothian. The supply of goods is for the requirements under the Scottish Welfare Fund.
All domestic style dwellings will be covered and any other premises that the Council deems appropriate for the provision of these goods.
The Contractor will have to ensure accessibility for all awarded applicants of the Scottish Welfare Community Care Grant to view the goods on offer. For example, physical and in-person viewing, digital and online viewing, etc.
The Contractor will be required to ensure sufficient quality of goods supplied (and related services delivered).
Lot #2Reuse FurnitureRenewalPublished value£180,000
This lot is for the supply, delivery, installation and disposal of reuse domestic furniture and furnishings to various types of dwellings in Midlothian. The supply of goods is for the requirements under the Scottish Welfare Fund.
All domestic dwellings will be covered and any other premises that the Council deems appropriate for the provision of these goods.
The Contractor will have to ensure accessibility for all awarded applicants of the Scottish Welfare Community Care Grant to view the goods on offer. For example, physical and in-person viewing, digital and online viewing, etc.
The Contractor will be required to ensure sufficient quality and safety of goods supplied (and related services delivered).
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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 |
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| 1 · New Furniture | 30% | 70% | |
| 2 · Reuse Furniture | 40% | 60% |
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Viability Test
The financial information will be evaluated using the Midlothian Council Financial Viability Test, please see Appendix 1.
The Tenderer will be require to submit evidence in the form of their audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end.
- Price carries 60–70 points depending on the lot. Read the split per lot below.
- “Supply, Delivery, Installation and Disposal of Scottish Welfare Fund…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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 Midlothian Council buys Domestic furniture (CPV 3914), and who usually turns up
Midlothian Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Domestic furniture (CPV 3914) →
How the contest usually goes
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 95 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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1 bid0%
2–363%
4–625%
7+13%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1New FurnitureCPV 3914Published estimate£1.6m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–329%
4–649%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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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?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £29m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m 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. | 3% above n=3 | |
| £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 | |
| £115k10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £5.1m 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 | |
| £4.3m1 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | 1 live · £4.3m 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=1 | |
| £4.8m10 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | 4 live · £27m 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 #2Reuse FurnitureCPV 3914Published estimate£180k
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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 bid11%
2–327%
4–655%
7+7%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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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.
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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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| £29m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m 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. | 3% above n=3 | |
| £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 | |
| £115k10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £5.1m 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 | |
| £4.3m1 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | 1 live · £4.3m 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=1 | |
| £59k1 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | 1 live · £45k 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Any future tender opportunities are likely to be published approximately 6 months before the end of the framework.
- First published
- 8 Oct 2026, 15:02 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2026, 15:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
MID/25/12- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095300- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0783f4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
This contract will be subject to Midlothian Council Terms & Conditions.
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tenderers must not contact anyone at the Local Authority directly in relation to this tender exercise, doing so may result in your exclusion from any further part in the process. All questions must be raised using the Question & Answer facility within this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845186. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: All Tenderers must sign schedule 8 - Community Benefits for Lot 1 and/or schedule 9 - Community Benefits for Lot 2 as a commitment to engage with Midlothian Council to identify and deliver community benefits to make positive contributions to people living in Midlothian. The successful Tenderer is required as part of their contract to provide community benefits in compliance with Midlothian Council requirements as set out in schedule 8 - Community Benefits for Lot 1 and/or schedule 9 - Community Benefits for Lot 2. (SC Ref:845186) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=845186
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
8 Oct 2026 → 10 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 15:02 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 15 days · period end, not a bid countdown10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 15 days10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria