Miscellaneous furnishing: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39290000Supplies · 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 miscellaneous furnishing

5 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Sensory EquipmentFramework13 lotsBelfast Health & Social Care Trust21 Sept 20263d£2,510,994
153_27 Drawing, Measuring and Geometry EquipmentFramework2 lotsLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO24 Sept 20266d£1,333,333
YPO - 000881 Ground Maintenance ServicesDPS4 lotsYPO23 Feb 2029889d£500,000,000
YPO - 000772 Road Marking and SurfacingDPS5 lotsYPO24 Feb 2029890d£15,000,000
IMP Manufacture, Labelling and Packaging DPSDPSLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine22 Aug 20342895d£15,000,000

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 36% (97 notices)
  • Central government 19% (52 notices)
  • Education & universities 12% (31 notices)
  • Other public bodies 7% (19 notices)
  • NHS & health 2% (6 notices)
  • Not classified 24% (64 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
National Highways LimitedCentral government1910
Telford and Wrekin CouncilLocal authorities1800
ESPOnot classified1300
YPOnot classified922
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies600
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOLocal authorities551
Birmingham City CouncilLocal authorities530
Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Servicenot classified500
City & County of SwanseaLocal authorities500
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government500

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 176 of 277 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
West Midlands42 · 24%
Northern Ireland26 · 15%
Yorkshire and the Humber26 · 15%
Scotland25 · 14%
Wales (Cymru)23 · 13%
South East England23 · 13%
East Midlands21 · 12%
East of England21 · 12%
South West England17 · 10%
Greater London17 · 10%
North West England17 · 10%
North East England16 · 9%

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 50% (139 notices)
  • Framework 41% (114 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 9% (24 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 62% (173 notices)
  • Selective 19% (54 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (38 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (12 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 58% (35 notices)
  • Below threshold 42% (25 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=56median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (75) · 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 11% (2)
  • 2–3 26% (5)
  • 4–6 47% (9)
  • 7 or more 16% (3)
Contract value, net
p25 £109,694median £200,000p75 £465,000
interquartile range of 39 awards · p90 £1,046,000
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=18middle half 3–6
Competed89%robust · n=75open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs82%robust · n=84of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs90%robust · n=30single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally41%robust · n=29winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned4%robust · n=75cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=3966 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 440 awards to 199 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 23% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 79 of 277 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Delta eSourcing13 notices · 16%
Proactis / ProContract11 notices · 14% · 1 open
eTendersNI8 notices · 10%
Sell2Wales7 notices · 9%
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management5 notices · 6% · 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 3929. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 9 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 3929. 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.