Laboratory furniture: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39180000Supplies · 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

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
  • Other public bodies 27% (12 notices)
  • Education & universities 25% (11 notices)
  • Central government 18% (8 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 9% (4 notices)
  • Charities 2% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 18% (8 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Metropolitan Police ServicePolice, fire & emergency300
NEUPC LtdOther public bodies300
Swansea UniversityEducation & universities300
Crescent Purchasing Consortium LimitedOther public bodies200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government200
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government210
NI Water and its subsidiariesnot classified200
Star AcademiesEducation & universities210
University of StrathclydeEducation & universities200
the Education AuthorityCentral government200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 25 of 44 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
Greater London7 · 28%
Wales (Cymru)6 · 24%
Northern Ireland5 · 20%
North West England4 · 16%
Yorkshire and the Humber4 · 16%
West Midlands4 · 16%
Scotland3 · 12%
East Midlands3 · 12%
South West England2 · 8%
North East England1 · 4%
East of England1 · 4%
South East England1 · 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% (26 notices)
  • Framework 41% (18 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 59% (26 notices)
  • Route not published 20% (9 notices)
  • Selective 16% (7 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 83% (5 notices)
  • Below threshold 17% (1 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=9median, notice to deadline

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 22 awards to 20 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 19 of 44 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

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 3918. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 28 Aug 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 3918. 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.