Domestic furniture: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39140000Supplies · 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 furniture

10 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 28% (120 notices)
  • Other public bodies 27% (116 notices)
  • Central government 10% (44 notices)
  • Housing associations 6% (27 notices)
  • Education & universities 5% (23 notices)
  • Not classified 22% (92 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies1631
ACCENT HOUSING LIMITEDOther public bodies700
ESPOnot classified700
Swindon Borough CouncilLocal authorities620
the Education AuthorityCentral government630
YPOnot classified511
Great Places Housing GroupHousing associations520
NEUPC LtdOther public bodies510
Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveCentral government500
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")NHS & health500

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 324 of 452 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
Scotland74 · 23%
East of England59 · 18%668%67%
South East England55 · 17%667%71%
North West England53 · 16%573%
Greater London51 · 16%
Yorkshire and the Humber44 · 14%
West Midlands42 · 13%
North East England42 · 13%
South West England41 · 13%
Northern Ireland41 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)40 · 12%
East Midlands37 · 11%

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 55% (247 notices)
  • Framework 43% (195 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (10 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 69% (314 notices)
  • Route not published 13% (61 notices)
  • Selective 11% (49 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 6% (27 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 76% (71 notices)
  • Below threshold 24% (22 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=107median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (152) · 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=92
  • 1 bid 11% (10)
  • 2–3 21% (19)
  • 4–6 34% (31)
  • 7 or more 35% (32)
Contract value, net
p25 £207,854median £727,594p75 £4,425,000
interquartile range of 104 awards · p90 £142,257,338
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=57middle half 3–8
Competed92%robust · n=152open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs68%robust · n=488of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs60%robust · n=67single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally62%robust · n=65winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=329 below · 10 above
Abandoned6%robust · n=152cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=69124 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 983 awards to 474 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 21% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 161 of 452 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract32 notices · 20% · 1 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)19 notices · 12% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution17 notices · 11%
Sell2Wales14 notices · 9%
Delta eSourcing13 notices · 8%
eTendersNI12 notices · 7% · 1 open
myTenders11 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 3914. 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 3914. 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.