Shop furniture: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39170000Supplies · 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
  • Local authorities 28% (27 notices)
  • Other public bodies 21% (20 notices)
  • Central government 18% (17 notices)
  • Education & universities 4% (4 notices)
  • Housing associations 3% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 26% (25 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Post Office LimitedOther public bodies800
YPOnot classified400
ESPOnot classified300
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government310
Natural History MuseumCentral government310
Scotland Excelnot classified300
Aberdeen City CouncilLocal authorities200
Bath Abbeynot classified200
Cardiff CouncilLocal authorities200
Education Authority NIEducation & universities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 64 of 101 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
Scotland15 · 23%
Greater London10 · 16%
East of England10 · 16%
Wales (Cymru)9 · 14%
South West England9 · 14%
Yorkshire and the Humber7 · 11%
Northern Ireland5 · 8%
North West England5 · 8%
South East England3 · 5%
East Midlands2 · 3%
North East England1 · 2%
West Midlands1 · 2%

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 62% (63 notices)
  • Framework 37% (37 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 66% (67 notices)
  • Route not published 15% (15 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 11% (11 notices)
  • Selective 8% (8 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 47% (8 notices)
  • Below threshold 53% (9 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=21median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (36) · 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=16
  • 1 bid 0% (0)
  • 2–3 44% (7)
  • 4–6 50% (8)
  • 7 or more 6% (1)
Contract value, net
p25 £0median £110,291p75 £488,217
interquartile range of 38 awards · p90 £2,720,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=15middle half 3–6
Competed89%robust · n=36open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs86%robust · n=57of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs43%robust · n=30single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally77%robust · n=13winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=36cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot6robust · n=1222 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 398 awards to 150 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 29% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 35 of 101 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 3917. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 8 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 3917. 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.