Seats, chairs and related products, and associated parts: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39110000Supplies · 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 seats, chairs and related products

5 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 38% (41 notices)
  • Other public bodies 14% (15 notices)
  • Central government 12% (13 notices)
  • Education & universities 9% (10 notices)
  • NHS & health 3% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 25% (27 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
ESPOnot classified700
Education Authority NIEducation & universities500
YPOnot classified500
Social Security Scotlandnot classified410
Glasgow City CouncilLocal authorities311
NEUPC LtdOther public bodies310
Scotland Excelnot classified310
The City of Edinburgh CouncilLocal authorities211
Denbighshire County CouncilLocal authorities210
Fife CouncilLocal authorities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 73 of 110 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
Scotland18 · 25%
Northern Ireland11 · 15%
South West England8 · 11%
Wales (Cymru)8 · 11%
East of England7 · 10%
South East England6 · 8%
Greater London5 · 7%
North West England5 · 7%
West Midlands5 · 7%
Yorkshire and the Humber4 · 5%
East Midlands1 · 1%
North East England1 · 1%

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 48% (53 notices)
  • Framework 49% (54 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 80% (88 notices)
  • Selective 10% (11 notices)
  • Route not published 7% (8 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (3 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 61% (19 notices)
  • Below threshold 39% (12 notices)
Typical tender window34 daysrobust · n=22median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (35) · 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=17
  • 1 bid 18% (3)
  • 2–3 35% (6)
  • 4–6 41% (7)
  • 7 or more 6% (1)
Contract value, net
p25 £92,000median £330,000p75 £400,000
interquartile range of 29 awards · p90 £811,429
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=14middle half 3–5
Competed97%robust · n=35open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs79%robust · n=42of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs83%robust · n=18single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally41%robust · n=22winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned6%robust · n=35cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=2233 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 431 awards to 151 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 43% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 46 of 110 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution8 notices · 17%
Proactis / ProContract7 notices · 15% · 1 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)5 notices · 11% · 2 open
SAP Ariba4 notices · 9%
eTendersNI4 notices · 9%
Delta eSourcing3 notices · 7% · 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 3911. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 15 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 3911. 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.