Official UK procurement notice
Furniture and Associated Services Framework Agreement
Authority: Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCPC intends to put a Framework agreement in place with multiple suppliers for the supply of Furniture and Associated Services.
Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to all further education institutions, universities, sixth forms, academies, schools, museums and other similar organisations who are current and future CPC members www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php ↗ www.gov.uk/guidance/get-informa… ↗. Local Authorities may wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments. The tender is also available to the wider public sector www.thecpc.ac.uk/suppliers/eligible-p… ↗
CPV: Bedroom, dining room and living-room furniture · Beds and bedding and specialist soft furnishings · Computer furniture · Computer storage units · Conference-room furniture · Dining-room furniture · Domestic furniture · File storage box · Furniture · Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products · Furniture design services · Garden furniture · +16 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 18 bids on the busiest of 6 lots (1.5 per place) · 17 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 6 and win at most 6 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £6,666,667: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Classroom and Educational FurnitureAwardedceiling above
Description of the procurement:
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive range
of classroom and educational furniture. They would also like to offer participating public sector
bodies the added planning and design service for classroom and education furniture solutions
and the installation and after sales support required to deliver a full-service classroom and educational furniture solution.
Lot #2General Administrative, Storage and Conference FurnitureAwardedceiling above
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive
range of general administrative, storage and conference furniture. They would also like to offer participating
public sector bodies the added planning and design service for general administrative, storage and conference
furniture solutions and the installation and after sales support required to deliver a full-service general
administrative, storage and conference furniture solutions.
Lot #3Dining Room FurnitureAwardedPublished value£6,666,667
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive range
of dining room furniture. They would also like to offer participating public sector bodies the added planning and
design service for dining room furniture solutions and the installation and after sales support required to deliver
a full-service dining room furniture solution.
Lot #4Library FurnitureAwardedceiling above
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive range
of library and reception furniture. They would also like to offer participating public sector bodies the added
planning and design service for library furniture solutions and the installation and after sales support
required to deliver a full service library furniture solutions.
Lot #5SEN and Early Year Furniture and AccessoriesAwardedceiling above
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive
range of SEN and early years furniture and accessories supplies and services. They
would also like to offer participating public sector bodies the added planning and design service for SEN and early years furniture and accessories supplies and services solutions and the installation and after sales support required to deliver a full-service SEN and early years furniture and
accessories supplies and services solutions.
Lot #6Specialist Rooms including Laboratory FurnitureAwardedceiling above
The contracting authority wishes to make available to participating public sector bodies a comprehensive range
of specialist rooms furniture, e.g. fitted furniture. They would also like to offer participating public sector bodies
the added planning and design service for specialist rooms furniture solutions and the installation and after
sales support required to deliver a full service specialist rooms furniture solution.
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: 45.00%
- Price: 55.00%
- Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Furniture and Associated Services Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Feb 2025, 16:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2025, 11:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CA15272 - CPC/RB/01/2024- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032854- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dcefFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum of a ten calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contract Regulations 2015, provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm, by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
10 Mar 2025 → 17 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published17 Jun 2025, 11:18 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Jun 2025, 11:18 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £6,666,667, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Classroom and Educational Furniture
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
General Administrative, Storage and Conference Furniture
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dining Room Furniture
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Library Furniture
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
SEN and Early Year Furniture and Accessories
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- £6,666,667
- Status
- active
Specialist Rooms including Laboratory Furniture
- Signed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Value
- £6,666,667
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Classroom and Educational Furniture | 16bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · General Administrative, Storage and Conference Furniture | 18bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Dining Room Furniture | 16bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Library Furniture | 13bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · SEN and Early Year Furniture and Accessories | 8bids | — | — | — |
| 6 · Specialist Rooms including Laboratory Furniture | 9bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- EducationContracting authority
- Public SectorContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Crescent Purchasing ConsortiaReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
17 commercial parties on the notice- BannerFramework contractor
- Bates Office ServicesFramework contractor
- DAMS FURNITURE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ELITE OFFICE FURNITURE (UK) LTD.Framework contractor
- Emergent Crown Contract Office FurnitureFramework contractor
- Gresham Office FurnitureFramework contractor
- Harrow Business Services trading as Brookhouse UKFramework contractor
- Lyreco Office ProductsFramework contractor
- MILLY CONTRACT FURNISHINGS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MPS UK Group LtdFramework contractor
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- Wagstaff Interiors GroupFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria