Official UK procurement notice
Furniture and Associated Services 3
Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority plans to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of Furniture and associated services to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
CPV: Furniture
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 27 Oct 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “Furniture and Associated Services 3” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Government Commercial Agency buys Furniture (CPV 3910), and who usually turns up
The market side is the UK-wide market, including every region. The notice also lists overseas delivery. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Furniture (CPV 3910) →
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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 138 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.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid7% / 0%
2–354% / 20%
4–65% / 13%
7+35% / 67%
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 3910Published estimate£400m
The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.
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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. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area. The bar shows 45 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–320%
4–613%
7+67%
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Dec 2025, 10:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 21:19 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6410- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028226- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f485Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Dec 2025 → 27 Oct 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published318 days ago12 Dec 2025, 10:37 GMT
- Latest notice published213 days ago26 Mar 2026, 21:19 GMT
- Market engagement24 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
CCS proposes to start preliminary customer and market engagement in February 2026.
This will likely include buyer and supplier surveys, group and individual engagement sessions.
Customer engagement sessions will be published when available. To register interest, please email [email protected] using the title ‘Customer Interest’. Please include your name, email, organisational details and contact number.
Supplier engagement dates will be published when available. To register interest, please email [email protected] using the title ‘Supplier Interest’. Please include your name, email, business details and contact number.
UPDATE 12TH MARCH 26
We are pleased to announce the launch of our supplier survey to support the development of the design of this new agreement, and we would really appreciate your input. Please access the survey via the following link; Supplier Survey: crowncommercial.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bE3nYs3M… ↗
You will see there is a prompt to register interest in more detailed conversations and a 121 meeting with CCS. We are keen to hear from as broad an array of suppliers in the market as possible.
Closing date for the survey is 27th March 26.
Conflicts of Interest
If any participant is in any situation which might (or which might be perceived to) give rise to an actual or potential conflict of interest in connection with the procurement, CCS may make further enquiries to identify any such conflict or to satisfy itself that none exists, or that it can be effectively managed.
CCS may require the participant to provide such further information as CCS might specify for any such purpose or may require the participant to withdraw from the preliminary market engagement if, in CCS’s reasonable opinion and at its sole discretion, any of the above issues have arisen or may arise and there are no other means to ensure the equal treatment of all potential suppliers. Prior to requiring any such withdrawal, CCS shall provide the participant in question with the opportunity to prove that its capacity as a participant is not capable of distorting competition.
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 171 days14 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 366 days27 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Dec 2025- Pipeline notice published12 Dec 2025, 10:37 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Feb 2026, 11:18 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2026, 12:30 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published26 Mar 2026, 21:19 GMTUK1
Published amendments (1)
The changes made to this Prelimary Market Enagement Notice include: Reduction in the number of delivery regions Additionally wording added to the enagement process description
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 12 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender