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Official UK procurement notice
Furniture Supply and Services
Authority: Karbon Homes (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKarbon are seeking a partner to supply residential furniture, white goods and select household items. The successful supplier would be required to to deliver to individual property addresses, unpack and remove all waste materials and packaging. In addition, give instruction on use and maintenance to customer, and collect and dispose used goods.
CPV: Domestic cooking appliances · Domestic furniture · Electrical domestic appliances · Non-electric domestic appliances
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,000,000
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 7 Jul 2025, 15:09 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Feb 2026, 09:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
202505-GS107- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037901- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055a57Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
7 Jul 2025 → 3 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 15:09 BST
- Clarification questions by15 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission deadline8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent5 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends399 days ago16 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts385 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by384 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published260 days ago3 Feb 2026, 09:47 GMT
Notice history
11 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Jul 2025- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 15:09 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Jul 2025, 16:42 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST14 Jul 2025, 16:42 BST+0 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Tender notice published29 Jul 2025, 16:24 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST29 Jul 2025, 16:24 BST+7 days · was 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published5 Sept 2025, 20:08 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Sept 2025, 20:08 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Sept 2025, 20:08 BST
- Contract signature expected18 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Jan 2026, 13:58 GMTUK7
- Contract change notice published3 Feb 2026, 09:47 GMTUK10
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-07: 3 releases · 7 Jul 2025, 29 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture Resource CentreSMEVCSE1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2033Extensions: Maximum 2 extensions of 24 months per extension. | £10,000,000 | 29 Aug 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Furniture Resource CentreSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £10,000,000
- Period
- 22 Dec 2025 – 1 Jan 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This Contract will be for a period of two years with optional 2 x 12-month extensions.
- Change 22 Dec 2025 contract amendment published
3 agreed KPIs: Customer Service Level (CSL) · Customer Service Level (CSL) · Social Value
- Customer Service Level (CSL), Key Indicator- Order confirmation KPI Performance Measure- Within 24 hrs KPI Threshold- Less than 95% target level for 2 consecutive months Measurement Period- Monthly, assessment frequency.
- Customer Service Level (CSL), Key Indicator- Delivery scheduling KPI Performance Measure- Target 5 working days KPI Threshold- Less than 95% target level for 2 consecutive months Measurement Period- Monthly, assessment frequency.
- Social Value, Key Indicator- Committed social value delivery KPI Performance Measure- Delivery of agreed social value in year KPI Threshold- 100% Measurement Period- Annual, assessment frequency.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 3 | 2 | — |
Who bid
- wonFURNITURE RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITEDSME · North West England
- did not winDERRYS LIMITEDSME · Northern Ireland
- did not winAO RETAIL LIMITED · North West England
- did not winFAMILY FUND TRADING LIMITEDSMEVCSE · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- AO RETAIL LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- DERRYS LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- FAMILY FUND TRADING LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- Furniture Resource Centre LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender