Official UK procurement notice
Equipment / Furniture required as a workplace adjustment
Authority: Food Standards Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA supplier who can provide a variety of different types of equipment and or furniture which is required by our employees as a workplace adjustment for them to be able to safely carry out their role.
CPV: Miscellaneous furniture and equipment · Office furniture
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£108,000
- Condition of participation
See Procurement Specific Questionnaire in Atamis
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Technical - 80% Commercial - 20% Full details in the specification document
- Condition of participation
See Procurement Specific Questionnaire in Atamis
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 12 Aug 2025, 10:32 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Authority reference
C388444- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055862- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585c4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders for FSA funded projects must be submitted through the health-family single e-CommercialSystem (Atamis), using the following link: health- ↗ family.force.com/s/Welcome. Failure to do so may result in the tender response not being processed by the system or the response being automatically disqualified during the evaluation stage of the tender process.
Timeline
12 Aug 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Planning notice published12 Aug 2025, 10:32 BST
- Market engagement27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
We would like to invite you to a Pre-market Engagement via Microsoft Teams to discuss our outlined specification for the FSA’s new Equipment / Furniture required as a Workplace Adjustment contract. We are looking for a supplier who can provide a variety of different types of equipment and / or furniture, which is required by our employees as a workplace adjustment for them to be able to carry out their role. The scope of the requirements may be further reviewed after this meeting, following your feedback.
The Teams meeting is scheduled on Wednesday 3rd September at 11:00am for 45 minutes, this is to provide an overview of the FSA, the service it requires and why.
If you would like to be invited to this call, please submit a response on Atamis providing email addresses of those who you would like to attend from your organisation.
Responses must be submitted through the health-family single e-Commercial System (Atamis), using the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 14:55 BST
- Next notice expected11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by390 days ago25 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline376 days ago9 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts334 days ago21 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published308 days ago16 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2025, 10:32 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 14:55 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active11 Sept 2025, 14:55 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Sept 2025, 14:55 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST11 Sept 2025, 14:55 BST
- Contract details notice published16 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete16 Dec 2025, 11:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACK CARE SOLUTIONSSME | £108,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Equipment / Furniture required as a workplace adjustment · BACK CARE SOLUTIONSSME
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £108,000
- Period
- 8 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2028 · up to 7 Dec 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 month optional
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Back Care Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details 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