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Published 29 Sept 2026, 20:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Kitchen Manufacture and Supply of Materials 2027 – 2032

Authority: Onward Group Limited (Public body)

3 lotsGoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£8,200,000envelope for 3 lots · £9,840,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 26 Oct 202610:00 GMT · 26d 14h left
Lots 3see the lot list below
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 3all categories · n=9 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Suppliers must manufacture and supply complete kitchen units and components to agreed programmes and delivery locations, with cabinets accredited to the FIA Gold Standard.

The works shall include, but are not limited to:

Kitchen manufacture and materials supply: Manufacture and supply of kitchen cabinets, worktops, sinks, taps, doors, drawer fronts, hinges, brackets, plinths, end panels, accessories and associated component parts in accordance with Appendix B.

Survey, design and order processing: Provide suitably qualified resources and robust measurement, design, approval and order-processing controls, enabling pre-delivery surveys to be completed before the end of March 2027.

Regional delivery and customer service: Deliver to agreed sites and programmes across the three regional Lots, maintain product availability and supply-chain continuity, support resident choice arrangements and provide effective communication, defects resolution, warranty management and performance reporting.

CPV: Fitted kitchens · Kitchen furniture and equipment

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1MerseysideRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£0
Supply of kitchen units and associated materials within the Merseyside region.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
Extensions
1 + 1 years
39141000 Kitchen furniture and equipment39141400 Fitted kitchens

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Greater ManchesterRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£0
Supply of kitchen units and associated materials within the Greater Manchester region.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
Extensions
1 + 1 years
39141000 Kitchen furniture and equipment39141400 Fitted kitchens

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3LancashireRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£0
Supply of kitchen units and associated materials within the Lancashire region.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
Extensions
1 + 1 years
39141000 Kitchen furniture and equipment39141400 Fitted kitchens

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored · same split on all 3 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Onward Group Limited buys Domestic furniture (CPV 3914) — and who usually turns up

Onward Group Limited’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Domestic furniture (CPV 3914) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Onward Group Limited

contract notices in 36 months: 24 in all categories (1 without competition · 4 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots. 8 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3all categories · 36m · n=9 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%all categories · 36m · n=9 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 2 pairs. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

31% belowall categories · 36m · n=2 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

70dall categories · 36m · n=5 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 53 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=53 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 20 notices.

Last 36 months.

5%all categories · 36m · n=20 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=9
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 9 lots on 6 contested notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 56%
  • 4–6 11%
  • 7+ 33%

Middle value 3 · 9 lots on 6 contested notices · all categories.

How procedures are run robust · n=20
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 24 notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • Open 35%
  • Selective 60%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 5%

24 notices · all categories. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · authority’s region

North West England · Domestic furniture (CPV 3914)

contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 23 in CPV 3914 (18 competed, 1 route not published) · 134 in division 39 (100 competed, 12 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 10 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4.5CPV 3914 · 36m · n=10 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 10 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%CPV 3914 · 36m · n=10 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 3 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 3914 · 36m · n=3 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

82dCPV 3914 · 36m · n=5 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 7 lots.

Last 36 months.

77%CPV 3914 · 36m · n=7 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3914), last 36 months: 11 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

73%CPV 3914 · 36m · n=11 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=10
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 10 lots on 9 contested notices · CPV 3914, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 20%
  • 4–6 50%
  • 7+ 30%

Middle value 4.5 · 10 lots on 9 contested notices · CPV 3914.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=3
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How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 3 lot pairs · CPV 3914, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 33%
  • Within ±2% 67%
  • Above estimate 0%

3 lot pairs · CPV 3914.

moderate · n=3
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in North West England (CPV 3914, n=3 pairs) lands at estimate. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 20:09 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 20:09 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
OG-P1296
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Fitted kitchensKitchen furniture and equipment
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cf8 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via In-tend
Submission portal named on this notice: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    29 Sept 2026, 20:09 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    26 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
  3. Award decision expected byin 72 days
    10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 183 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 20:09 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ONWARD GROUP LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: IP031216 Renaissance Court, Manchester, North West, M21 7QY [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender