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Drying Cabinets with 5 year maintenance plan

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BuyerUniversity of Exeter
StatusClosed
Deadline25 Mar 2026
Value£15,000
Published11 Mar 2026

What is being bought

The University of Exeter is seeking quotations for the supply and installation of 4 Cyclist Drying Cabinets. Including a 5-year care and maintenance programme that includes an in-depth service at six monthly intervals which will include electrical safety checks.

Delivery location

UKK43, GB

Categories

Cabinets 39141300Clothes-washing and drying machines 39713200Laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines 42716000Drying machines 42716200

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£15,000
Contract periodFrom 31 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
PRICE (100%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Drying machines, Cabinets, Clothes-washing and drying machines, Laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machinesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 39. The category anchor is Cabinets (39141300); 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 391,1686 median · 57.9 average (421 of 1,168 with a bid count)6 average (449 of 1,168 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK431Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)15Not 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
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.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066767
Latest release ID021870-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 11 2026 15:01:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021870-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-25T12:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-25T10:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=103639&TID100108831&B=
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£15,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Mar 2026tender021870-2026

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 (1 releases)
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