Furniture: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39100000Supplies · 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 furniture

6 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 25% (54 notices)
  • Education & universities 21% (44 notices)
  • Other public bodies 17% (37 notices)
  • Central government 15% (31 notices)
  • NHS & health 2% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 20% (43 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Education Authority NIEducation & universities700
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies700
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeCentral government520
YPOnot classified500
Scotland Excelnot classified410
National Highways LimitedCentral government311
Housing 21Other public bodies310
Ministry of DefenceCentral government300
NEUPC LtdOther public bodies310
Scottish Governmentnot classified300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 137 of 218 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
Scotland24 · 18%
West Midlands23 · 17%
East of England22 · 16%
Greater London21 · 15%
North West England21 · 15%
South East England19 · 14%
Yorkshire and the Humber17 · 12%
East Midlands17 · 12%
South West England16 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)14 · 10%
Northern Ireland14 · 10%
North East England11 · 8%

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 52% (114 notices)
  • Framework 41% (90 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (14 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 67% (145 notices)
  • Selective 15% (33 notices)
  • Route not published 13% (29 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (11 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 73% (37 notices)
  • Below threshold 27% (14 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=49median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (74) · 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=35
  • 1 bid 9% (3)
  • 2–3 17% (6)
  • 4–6 46% (16)
  • 7 or more 29% (10)
Contract value, net
p25 £193,459median £400,000p75 £888,200
interquartile range of 39 awards · p90 £2,444,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=24middle half 4–7
Competed91%robust · n=74open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs77%robust · n=149of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs58%robust · n=26single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally40%robust · n=25winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned8%robust · n=74cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot9robust · n=2657 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 528 awards to 211 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 34% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 78 of 218 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution15 notices · 19% · 1 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement14 notices · 18% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract13 notices · 17%
Delta eSourcing7 notices · 9%
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)7 notices · 9% · 1 open
eTendersNI4 notices · 5% · 1 open

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 3910. 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 3910. 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.