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OpenFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
StatusOpen
Deadline10 Sept 2026
Value£1,416,667
Published11 Aug 2026

What is being bought

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of matting (resale is via the ESPO catalogues). Goods are for direct delivery to ESPO customers. The Framework is divided into 3 lots. Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 10 September 2026. To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 236_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen). Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Delivery location

UK, GB · UK, GB · UK, GB

Categories

Carpets, mats and rugs 39530000

Lot details

Entrance Mats (Indoor/Outdoor)

The supply of Entrance mats for indoors and outdoors, for direct delivery to ESPO customers.

Statusactive
Value£250,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (20%)
Non-Price (80%)

Multipurpose Mats

The supply of Multipurpose mats, for direct delivery to ESPO customers.

Statusactive
Value£166,667
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (20%)
Non-Price (80%)

Learning Mats

The supply of Learning mats, for direct delivery to ESPO customers.

Statusactive
Value£1,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (20%)
Non-Price (80%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Carpets, mats and rugsNot published
2Carpets, mats and rugsNot published
3Carpets, mats and rugsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 39. The category anchor is Carpets, mats and rugs (39530000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 391,9285.5 median · 43.5 average (850 of 1,928 with a bid count)5.7 average (906 of 1,928 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer12Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK52216 median · 117.2 average (210 of 522 with a bid count)10.9 average (224 of 522 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)112Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069377
Latest release ID076022-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 11 2026 08:29:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076022-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-10T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-03T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsRefer to all instructions captured via https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,416,667
Tender lots in source3
Tender items in source3
Tender documents in source4
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Aug 2026tender076022-2026
28 May 2026planning050003-2026
7 May 2026planning041977-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
11 Aug 2026 · 076022-2026 · tender
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    "value": {
      "amount": 1416667,
      "currency": "GBP",
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        "url": "https://www.eastmidstenders.org/",
        "description": "To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):\n(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 236_27 (via \"View Opportunities\" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).",
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        "description": "It should be noted that the Framework could be used, as outlined in option 1 and 2 below, by ESPO where Matting is required:\nOption 1 - Call-off without competition\n'Calling-off' Goods from the awarded Supplier who is a) included in the Framework and b) identified as offering the most advantageous solution to ESPO's requirements, based on the Framework award decision.\nFor all Lots (including sub-lots), purchase orders will be placed with the awarded Supplier(s) as required by ESPO.\nOption 2 - Call-off with competition (Further Competitive Selection Process)\n'Calling-off' through a further competitive selection process between Suppliers appointed to the relevant Lot or Sub-Lot and capable of meeting the requirement. As such, all Framework Suppliers may not be invited to every further competition\nPlease refer to the tender documents for any further details."
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    "description": "ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.\nWe are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of matting (resale is via the ESPO catalogues). Goods are for direct delivery to ESPO customers.\nThe Framework is divided into 3 lots.\nPlease refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 10 September 2026.\nTo tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):\n(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 236_27 (via \"View Opportunities\" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).\nAny questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.",
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      "id": "GB-PPON-PYDD-1122-TCVN",
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28 May 2026 · 050003-2026 · planning
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        "id": "050003-2026",
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        "dueDate": "2026-07-10T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "The purpose of the Pre-Market Engagement (PME) is to cover a range of topics designed to best explore our requirements in a possible future procurement. These topics may include:\n1. Develop ESPO’s requirements and approach to the procurement.\n2. Help better identify suitable suppliers in the market and to understand their supply chains.\n3. Understand products/service offerings from suppliers and the marketplace in general.\nEngagement with suppliers is anticipated to be a mix of methods, including Requests for Information (RFI) hosted on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org), and meetings (both virtual and in-person). Visits to supplier’s premises may also be used where deemed to be of particular use.\nSuppliers wishing to participate in the engagement process must first express an interest as follows:\n(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity '236_27' (via \"View Opportunities\" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest.\nSuppliers can then access the RFI questionnaire in the ‘Messages’ section via the ‘Activity’ dashboard once an expression of interest has been registered - the deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 03 July 2026. Responses to the RFI as well as any questions or clarifications should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal.\nNotwithstanding the above process, as this procurement exercise is a renewal of an existing ESPO framework, ESPO reserves the right to engage with some, all or none of the incumbent suppliers appointed to the existing ESPO framework, alongside any additional suppliers identified following the above expressions of interests and/or a RFI exercise."
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7 May 2026 · 041977-2026 · planning
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  "date": "2026-05-07T14:16:48+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-069377",
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    "name": "Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO"
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