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# F. Donald Forbes & Co Trading As Forbes Professional · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/f-donald-forbes-co-trading-as-forbes-professional-coh-00687172). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** F. Donald Forbes & Co Trading As Forbes Professional is a SME public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 4 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** F. Donald Forbes & Co Trading As Forbes Professional
- **Organisation Scale:** SME
- **Companies House number:** `00687172`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-138679` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 4
- **Primary Sector:** [Electrical domestic appliances](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-domestic-appliances-39710000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/f-donald-forbes-co-trading-as-forbes-professional-coh-00687172

## Bidding & Win Rate Record
- **Lots Won:** 0 won, 0 lost, 0 pending
- **Total Bid Activity:** 1 lots bid across 1 procurement procedures
- **Framework & DPS Appointments:** 1 panel appointments across 1 framework or DPS lots
- **Buyer Relationships:** Bid with 1 distinct contracting authorities

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 9% above published budget estimate (median of 1 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £2.0m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £1.0m


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [East Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-midlands), [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east), [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/flagship-housing-limited-rsh-4651):** 1 procedures
2. **[LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-quadrant-housing-trust-rsh-l4517):** 1 procedures
3. **[Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014):** 1 procedures
4. **[Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo-GB-PPON-PYDD-1122-TCVN):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/flagship-housing-limited-rsh-4651):** £1.1m · [Laundry Equipment Supply and associated Maintenance Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/laundry-equipment-supply-and-associated-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-029d8c)
2. **[LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-quadrant-housing-trust-rsh-l4517):** £943k · [The Provision and Maintenance of White Good Laundry Machines](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-for-the-provision-and-maintenance-of-white-good-laundry-machines-ocds-h6vhtk-047b7d)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 2

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete F. Donald Forbes & Co Trading As Forbes Professional public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/f-donald-forbes-co-trading-as-forbes-professional-coh-00687172#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/f-donald-forbes-co-trading-as-forbes-professional-coh-00687172
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt