Cleaning and polishing products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39800000Supplies · classin Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in cleaning and polishing products

4 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 29% (28 notices)
  • Other public bodies 22% (22 notices)
  • Education & universities 18% (18 notices)
  • Central government 6% (6 notices)
  • Housing associations 5% (5 notices)
  • Not classified 19% (19 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Education Authority NIEducation & universities800
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies600
YPOnot classified500
Procurement and Logistics Servicenot classified300
Great Places Housing GroupHousing associations221
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOLocal authorities221
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITEDOther public bodies200
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County CouncilLocal authorities220
ESPOnot classified200
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government - Commercial Deliverynot classified200

71 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 77 of 101 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Yorkshire and the Humber21 · 27%
Northern Ireland17 · 22%
South West England13 · 17%
South East England12 · 16%
Wales (Cymru)10 · 13%
North West England9 · 12%
Greater London8 · 10%
East Midlands8 · 10%
East of England7 · 9%
Scotland4 · 5%
North East England4 · 5%
West Midlands3 · 4%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 59% (60 notices)
  • Framework 38% (38 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 70% (71 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (14 notices)
  • Selective 12% (12 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (4 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 86% (19 notices)
  • Below threshold 14% (3 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=22median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (32) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=19
  • 1 bid 0% (0)
  • 2–3 5% (1)
  • 4–6 21% (4)
  • 7 or more 74% (14)
Contract value, net
p25 £550,000median £1,500,000p75 £2,750,000
interquartile range of 219 awards · p90 £6,150,000
Typical bids per lot9robust · n=15middle half 7–13
Competed100%robust · n=32open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs57%robust · n=164of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs29%robust · n=21single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally64%robust · n=14winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned13%robust · n=32cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot9robust · n=1824 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 355 awards to 145 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 30 of 101 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract10 notices · 33% · 2 open
Sell2Wales6 notices · 20%
myTenders3 notices · 10%
eTendersNI2 notices · 7%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3980. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3980. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.