Official UK procurement notice
Barbican Centre Renewal – Furniture Designer
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City invites Bidders to complete and submit a request to participate in the Procurement for the provision of Barbican Furniture Designer.
The procurement of a furniture designer forms a crucial part of the Barbican Renewal project. The contract will cover the design of bespoke furniture, strategy for re-use of existing furniture, and specifications and proposed layouts of off-the-shelf furniture across the main Barbican Renewal spaces.
Designers will be asked to think creatively about accessibility, flexibility and sustainability, for all audiences and artists who visit the Centre, and for any occasion.
The appointment will cover all furniture strategy and design work through to delivery, installation on site and handover. The programme of work will align with RIBA Plan of Work, and the contract will include break clauses at specific points.
The manufacture and installation will form a separate contract, managed directly by the Barbican Renewal project team or their appointed representative.
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗) Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.
The estimated contract value given at sections 31 and 32 is for the full duration of the contract. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £66,666.66)
- How the procedure runs: This Competitive Flexible Procedure will be conducted in 2 stages. a. Stage 1: Conditions of Participation - issuing this Tender notice and a Procurement Specific Questionnaire, which includes the Conditions of Participation, the top scoring 6 suppliers will be invited to ITT (stage 2). b. Stage 2: ITT Tender Response - suppliers who have been successfully shortlisted at Stage 1 will be invited to submit a Tender Response and participate in a inview and presentation. The conditions of participation used in Stage 1 will include: • Financial Capacity • Insurance • Technical Ability (relevant experience and case study examples) • Data Protection • Modern Slavery Act 2015 • Climate Action Strategy (not scored) • Living Wage • Supplier Diversity Monitoring Form (not scored) CoLC reserves their right under section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023 to refine award criteria before the invitation of the ITT.
CPV: Furniture design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£200,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The highest scoring six bidders from ITP (1st Stage) will be invitted to the ITT (2nd stage) of the procurement process.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial Proposal: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Technical Criteria 100%/70 Methodology and Design Approach - 20% Approach to Bespoke Furniture Prototyping - 10% Project Team, Resources and Delivery Structure - 10% Presentation and Interview - 15% Sustainability and Responsible Procurement - 10% Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) - 5%
- Commercial Proposal: Suppliers are to complete the commercial template provided outlining the pricing schedule for the project.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
The highest scoring six bidders from ITP (1st Stage) will be invitted to the ITT (2nd stage) of the procurement process.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 May 2026, 11:39 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070080- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069ad3Find a Tender
- How it runs
This Competitive Flexible Procedure will be conducted in 2 stages.
a. Stage 1: Conditions of Participation - issuing this Tender notice and a Procurement Specific Questionnaire, which includes the Conditions of Participation, the top scoring 6 suppliers will be invited to ITT (stage 2).
b. Stage 2: ITT Tender Response - suppliers who have been successfully shortlisted at Stage 1 will be invited to submit a Tender Response and participate in a inview and presentation.
The conditions of participation used in Stage 1 will include:
- Financial Capacity
- Insurance
- Technical Ability (relevant experience and case study examples)
- Data Protection
- Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Climate Action Strategy (not scored)
- Living Wage
- Supplier Diversity Monitoring Form (not scored)
CoLC reserves their right under section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023 to refine award criteria before the invitation of the ITT.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 May 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published161 days ago18 May 2026, 11:39 BST
- Market engagement140 days ago8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Engagement will consist of a SMT Questionnaire that participating suppliers will be required to submit their responses via the following tender portal (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗).
- Next notice expected122 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published94 days ago24 Jul 2026, 10:17 BST
- Clarification questions by66 days ago21 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline59 days ago28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 20 days16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 34 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 May 2026, 11:39 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:17 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active24 Jul 2026, 10:17 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Jul 2026, 10:17 BST
- Tender notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:24 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
The annual contract value was miscalculated.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender