Official UK procurement notice
ID 6636040 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Challenging Environment Furniture 2026
Authority: Northern Ireland Prison Service (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) is an Executive agency of the Department of Justice NI (DOJ NI) and is responsible for the management of His Majesty’s Prisons in Northern Ireland. NIPS wishes to establish a contract for the supply and delivery of specialist furniture for use the challenging environment of a prison. The contract will be for a period of five (5) years with no options to extend beyond this period. There will be no obligation on the NIPS to order any goods or any minimum quantity of goods from the supplier at any time during the contract period. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for further information on the requirements.
CPV: Furniture · Medical furniture
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£500,000
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
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 (3)
- AC1 - Contract Management: 30%
- AC2 - Supply Chain: 30%
- AC3 - Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- AC1 - Contract Management: As per Tender documentation.
- AC2 - Supply Chain: As per Tender documentation.
- AC3 - Price: As per Tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
- 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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
6636040- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084771- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f44aFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
For further details on invoicing procedures please see : www.finance-ni.gov.uk/ar ↗ ticles/account-ni-good-invoicing-practice
Contract Value
The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BST
- Clarification questions by24 days ago30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 days ago9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 10 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 16 days9 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender