Sports goods and equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 37400000Supplies · classin Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

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 sports goods and equipment

1 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Sports Equipment and Fitness Equipment and the Maintenance of Gymnasium Equipment and Fitness EquipmentFramework4 lotsthe Education Authority30 Sept 202612d£8,000,000

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 51% (44 notices)
  • Education & universities 20% (17 notices)
  • Central government 8% (7 notices)
  • Charities 7% (6 notices)
  • Other public bodies 3% (3 notices)
  • Not classified 10% (9 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITEDCharities300
ESPOnot classified300
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilLocal authorities320
Hull City CouncilLocal authorities300
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPOLocal authorities330
London Borough of Tower HamletsLocal authorities330
Scotland Excelnot classified300
Aberdeenshire CouncilLocal authorities200
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityEducation & universities200

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 62 of 88 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
Yorkshire and the Humber13 · 21%
Scotland9 · 15%
Wales (Cymru)8 · 13%
East of England8 · 13%
Northern Ireland7 · 11%
North West England6 · 10%
North East England5 · 8%
East Midlands5 · 8%
West Midlands5 · 8%
Greater London5 · 8%
South West England4 · 6%
South East England4 · 6%

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 67% (59 notices)
  • Framework 32% (28 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1% (1 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 78% (69 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (14 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 6% (5 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 38% (15 notices)
  • Below threshold 62% (24 notices)
Typical tender window28 daysrobust · n=18median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (46) · 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 12% (2)
  • 2–3 41% (7)
  • 4–6 47% (8)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £80,000median £159,670p75 £326,500
interquartile range of 22 awards · p90 £368,800
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=15middle half 2–4
Competed89%robust · n=46open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs86%robust · n=50of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs65%robust · n=20single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally20%robust · n=15winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned7%robust · n=46cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot5robust · n=1018 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 116 awards to 70 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 21% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 34 of 88 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Sell2Wales5 notices · 15%
Proactis / ProContract4 notices · 12%
Delta eSourcing3 notices · 9%
eTendersNI2 notices · 6%

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 3740. 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 3740. 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.