Official UK procurement notice
CHIC Kitchen Materials Framework 2026-30
Authority: Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC) (Public body)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis framework is being established to provide CHIC Members with compliant access to kitchen products, associated services and specialist kitchen solutions across a range of housing, asset management, refurbishment and development projects. The framework shall operate for a period of 4 years commencing in 2026 and expiring in 2030.
The framework is divided into three Lots:
- Lot 1 – Supply Only
- Lot 2 – Supply and Manufacturer Fit (New build residential properties only)
- Lot 3 – Design and Supply of Commercial / Communal Kitchen Products, Appliances and Catering Equipment
The framework may be utilised by CHIC Members for:
- Affordable Homes;
- Shared Ownership Properties;
- Repairs and Maintenance;
- Void Properties;
- Asset Management Programmes;
- Planned Investment Programmes;
- Refurbishment Programmes;
- New Homes / New Build Residential Properties;
- Commercial or Communal Kitchen Environments (Lot 3 only).
CPV: Fitted kitchens
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 21 Dec 2026
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 4% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
Refer to Procurement Information Documents (PID).
Published description of the framework
CHIC is acting as a Centralised Procurement Authority (CPA) for our members (Contracting Authorities). Members that decide to use the framework must comply with the Act and they can delegate their obligations to carry out call-off exercises in whole or in part to CHIC.
Call-off contracts may be awarded with or without competition(direct award contract(DAC)).Any DAC by a member will be subject to a business case complying with the objective mechanism of the framework and the core terms of the call-off contracts. A 'competitive selection process' will be used including 'conditions of participation' to assess suppliers' technical ability to perform the contract.
In a competitive selection process, any assessment of suppliers' proposals must be based on some or all of the award criteria used to assess tenders at framework award, which may be refined, e.g., additional sub-criteria may be included or the criteria explained further. Call-off contracts may extend beyond the term of the framework.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Kitchen Supply OnlyPublished value£48,000,000
Lot 1 – Kitchen Supply Only
Lot 1 covers the manufacture, supply, packing, delivery and provision of product information, warranties and replacement components for domestic kitchen units and associated products. Installation shall be undertaken by the Member, Principal Contractor or others.
Lot #2Kitchen Supply and Manufacturer FitPublished value£12,000,000
Lot 2 – Supply and Manufacturer Fit
Lot 2 covers the supply, delivery, receipt and manufacturer fitting of kitchen units, worktops, upstands, splashbacks, plinths, trims, panels and associated kitchen components for New Homes / new build residential properties only.
Lot #3Design and Supply of Commercial / Communal Kitchen Products, Appliances and Catering EquipmentPublished value£30,000,000
Lot 3 – Design and Supply of Commercial / Communal Kitchen Products, Appliances and Catering
Equipment. Lot 3 is a standalone specialist Lot covering commercial and communal kitchen products, fabricated kitchen components, appliances, catering equipment and associated accessories. The scope, exclusions and technical requirements applicable to Lot 3 are set out exclusively in the separate Lot 3 Specification.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “CHIC Kitchen Materials Framework 2026-30” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC) buys Domestic furniture (CPV 3914), and who usually turns up
Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Domestic furniture (CPV 3914) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 80 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid6% / 9%
2–36% / 18%
4–614% / 30%
7+75% / 42%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Kitchen Supply OnlyCPV 39141400Published estimate£48m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–34%
4–656%
7+36%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £69m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £2.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £29m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £34m11 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=7 | |
| £9.7m3 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | 1 live · £9.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £5.0m1 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Kitchen Supply and Manufacturer FitCPV 39141400Published estimate£12m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–35%
4–658%
7+26%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £29m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £34m11 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=7 | |
| £9.7m3 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | 1 live · £9.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Magnet LimitedLarge | £2.0m2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| £464k1 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #3Design and Supply of Commercial / Communal Kitchen Products, Appliances and Catering EquipmentCPV 39141400Published estimate£30m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–34%
4–655%
7+34%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £69m22 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £2.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £29m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
JLA LtdLarge | £1.2m12 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 9 live · £16m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 15% below n=6 |
| £34m11 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=7 | |
| £9.7m3 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | 1 live · £9.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Refer to Procurement Information Documents (PID).
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 May 2026, 13:04 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
FWK347- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080693- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0695acFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Panacea- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 20 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 4% of call-off value
Timeline
11 May 2026 → 21 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published162 days ago11 May 2026, 13:04 BST
- Next notice expected68 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published56 days ago25 Aug 2026, 10:11 BST
- Latest notice published39 days ago11 Sept 2026, 09:06 BST
- Clarification questions by14 days ago6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endstoday · period end, not a bid countdown20 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 60 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 62 days21 Dec 2026
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2026- Pipeline notice published11 May 2026, 13:04 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published22 Jul 2026, 08:51 BSTUK1
- Published value updated22 Jul 2026, 08:51 BST
- Tender notice published25 Aug 2026, 10:11 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active25 Aug 2026, 10:11 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST25 Aug 2026, 10:11 BST
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 09:05 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 20 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST11 Sept 2026, 09:05 BST+14 days · was 6 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 09:06 BSTUK4
Published amendments (3)
Procurement Description Total Value (estimated) Submission
Tender submission deadline
Tender submission deadline and enquiry deadline
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-07: 1 release · 22 Jul 2026
- 2026-05: 1 release · 11 May 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender