Domestic appliances: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39700000Supplies · 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 domestic appliances

2 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 34% (28 notices)
  • Other public bodies 34% (28 notices)
  • Central government 7% (6 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 2% (2 notices)
  • Housing associations 2% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 20% (17 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
North Western Universities Purchasing ConsortiumOther public bodies300
PROSPEROther public bodies300
the Education AuthorityCentral government300
Angus CouncilLocal authorities220
Cirrus Consortium c/o Halton Housingnot classified200
DERBY HOMES LIMITEDOther public bodies210
Flagship Housing LimitedOther public bodies200
Housing 21Other public bodies200
Leeds City Council - PACSLocal authorities200
Oxford City CouncilLocal authorities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 55 of 86 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 Humber13 · 24%
East Midlands12 · 22%
East of England12 · 22%
North West England11 · 20%
West Midlands9 · 16%
North East England9 · 16%
Scotland9 · 16%
Northern Ireland9 · 16%
South East England8 · 15%
Greater London6 · 11%
South West England6 · 11%
Wales (Cymru)3 · 5%

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 47% (40 notices)
  • Framework 45% (39 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 8% (7 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 72% (62 notices)
  • Selective 10% (9 notices)
  • Route not published 10% (9 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (6 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 75% (12 notices)
  • Below threshold 25% (4 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=15median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (26) · 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=11
  • 1 bid 0% (0)
  • 2–3 27% (3)
  • 4–6 27% (3)
  • 7 or more 45% (5)
Contract value, net
p25 £550,000median £1,500,000p75 £2,750,000
interquartile range of 209 awards · p90 £6,150,000
Typical bids per lot6robust · n=10middle half 4–16
Competed92%robust · n=26open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs80%robust · n=90of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs33%robust · n=15single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Abandoned4%robust · n=26cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot6robust · n=1733 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 428 awards to 177 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 · 27 of 86 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 30%
Delta eSourcing4 notices · 15%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution3 notices · 11%
eTendersNI2 notices · 7%
SAP Ariba1 notices · 4%

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 3970. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 11 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 3970. 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.