Official UK procurement notice
Competitive Flexible Procedure - Manufacturer Framework to Supply Shower Enclosures, Shower Tray and Bath Screen
Authority: LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement description- Establish a compliant single lot framework that delivers value for money, quality, and continuity of supply. The framework will be divided into the following lot, Lot 1 New Build(Supply Only).L&Q intends to appoint a minimum of two suppliers but reserves the right to appoint more or fewer depending on the outcome of the procurement.
- L&Q intends to procure the Framework using a three-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure comprising Stage 1 - Selection Questionnaire (PSQ), Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT), and Stage 3 - Negotiation and Best and Final Offer (BAFO), followed by contract award. A minimum of the top three ranked Tenderers from the ITT stage will ordinarily be invited to participate in the BAFO stage; however, L&Q reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to invite any number of Tenderers to this stage.
- As part of the BAFO stage, L&Q may require Tenderers to participate in clarification meetings, interviews, presentations, demonstrations, and/or site visits to further evaluate proposals and inform the final assessment. The meetings may take place face to face or virtually online. Details of any such activities, including the evaluation approach and scoring methodology where applicable, will be communicated to Tenderers in advance.
- L&Q also reserves the right not to undertake Stage 3 - Negotiation and Best and Final Offer (BAFO) and may proceed directly to contract award following Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) where it considers this to be appropriate.
- Ensure commercial certainty and added value, requiring fixed pricing for a minimum of 12 months from Framework commencement, delivery of social value equivalent to 1% of the end of year contract value, and the inclusion of plot based rebates where applicable.
CPV: Articles for the bathroom and kitchen
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 27 Jan 2027
Who may buy through it
The Contracting Authority may utilise a framework agreement; however, the applicable charges have not yet been determined.
Published description of the framework
3.2 The Framework will be for an [initial] term of 2 years extendable at L&Q's sole option for a period of 2 years, giving a total of 4 years (the Term). The Framework will operate on a direct award basis using fixed Schedule of Rates pricing. The bidders pricing must be fixed for a minimum of 12 months from framework commencement (start) date.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£600,000
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 (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Competitive Flexible Procedure - Manufacturer Framework to Supply…” 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 LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST buys Articles for the bathroom and kitchen (CPV 4441), and who usually turns up
LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Articles for the bathroom and kitchen (CPV 4441) →
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.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 71 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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%
2–326%
4–627%
7+41%
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 price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
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 #1CPV 4441Published estimate£600k
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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 bid2%
2–349%
4–627%
7+22%
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.5m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 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. | no comparable pairs | |
| £5.8m2 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 1 live · £5.8m 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 | |
| £34m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=7 | |
JT Dove LtdLarge | £200k4 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £50k 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 |
| £3.0m1 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 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
- The Contracting Authority may utilise a framework agreement; however, the applicable charges have not yet been determined.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 13:53 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085040- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All tender documents will be made available via L&Q's e-tendering portal: in-tendhost.co.uk/lqsupplychainmanagement ↗ (the Portal).
Timeline
13 May 2026 → 27 Jan 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published163 days ago13 May 2026, 13:53 BST
- Market engagement154 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Pre-market Engagement taking place from 1/05/26 to 22/05/2026 to discuss how potential manufacturers meet all L&Q stakeholder requirements.
- Tender notice published45 days ago8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 17 days · period end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 83 days14 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 95 days27 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2026, 13:53 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £600,0008 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Status changed to active8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT8 Sept 2026, 15:47 BST
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender