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BuyerLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Sept 2026
Value£833,333
Published5 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 Musical Instruments and associated products for ESPO stock and for direct delivery to end user establishments. 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 04 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 286_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

Audio-visual equipment 32321200Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproduction 32330000Microphones and loudspeakers 32340000Audio equipment accessories 32351300Sound recordings 32353000Recording systems and exploration devices 33120000Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories 37000000

Lot details

Supply of Musical Instruments

Lot 1 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to percussion packs, glockenspiels, chime bars, xylophones, world music, bongos, drums and accessories, ocarinas and ocarina resources, guitars and guitar accessories, keyboards, pianos and accessories, brass, woodwind and string instruments, electrical equipment for music and music stands and storage all for use in educational environments. Goods for delivery to ESPO, Leicester, or direct delivery to individual customer establishments.

Statusactive
Value£500,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (Lot 1) (20%)
Non-Price (Lot 1) (80%)

Musical Instrument Essentials

Lot 2 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to glockenspiels, tuned percussion tubes, djembes, recorders and ukuleles all for use in educational environments. Goods for delivery to ESPO, Leicester, or direct delivery to individual customer establishments.

Statusactive
Value£233,333
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (Lots 2 and 3) (80%)
Non-Price (Lots 2 and 3) (20%)

Smartbuy Musical Instrument

Lot 3 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to percussion packs, tambourines, castanets, triangles, claves, tuned percussion tubes, recorders and ukuleles all for use in educational environments. Goods for direct delivery to individual customer establishments.

Statusactive
Value£100,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (Lots 2 and 3) (80%)
Non-Price (Lots 2 and 3) (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories, Microphones and loudspeakers, Audio-visual equipment, Audio equipment accessories, Sound recordings, Recording systems and exploration devices, Apparatus for sound, video-recording and reproductionNot published
2Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessoriesNot published
3Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessoriesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 32. The category anchor is Audio-visual equipment (32321200); 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 327553 median · 45.6 average (221 of 755 with a bid count)3.8 average (240 of 755 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2225 median · 164.8 average (53 of 222 with a bid count)8.2 average (65 of 222 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)477 median · 7 average (1 of 47 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 47 with named award suppliers)Not 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-06937b
Latest release ID074181-2026
Latest release timestampWed Aug 05 2026 12:06:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074181-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-04T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-21T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsRefer to all instructions captured via https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£833,333
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
5 Aug 2026tender074181-2026
28 May 2026planning050061-2026
7 May 2026planning041986-2026

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)
5 Aug 2026 · 074181-2026 · tender
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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 Musical Instruments are 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 Musical Instruments and associated products for ESPO stock and for direct delivery to end user establishments.\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 04 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 286_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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28 May 2026 · 050061-2026 · planning
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        "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 '286_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 12 June 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 · 041986-2026 · planning
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  "date": "2026-05-07T14:19:49+01:00",
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