Official UK procurement notice
Manufacture and Supply of Domestic Kitchens and Associated Products
Authority: LHC for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is listed by LHC on behalf of the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
The framework will cover the geographical area of Scotland.
This framework is for designed for manufacturers to supply and deliver high quality domestic kitchens, worktops, and associated products which should be suitable for use in both public sector housing and non-housing buildings throughout England, Wales and Scotland.
K7 focuses on enhancing the supply of affordable and quality kitchen ranges including, inclusive (disability) ranges.
The framework is based on manufacture and supply only, there is no installation element to be delivered through this framework.
This framework agreement will commence on the 1st September 2022 and will last for 48 months.
CPV: Fitted kitchens · Kitchen equipment · Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies · Kitchen furniture and equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.8 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 1 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Domestic Kitchens - Standard lotAwarded
Appointed Companies for this lot offer a range of kitchen units, worktops, taps, sinks, handles, and associated kitchen products. To offer a high level of service to undertake surveys, providing advice and guidance to clients, providing product design information, and quotation at pre supply phase of all kitchen cabinets, worktops, and associated products. Appointed Companies for this lot offer both a design, manufacture and supply only for this lot.
Lot #2Domestic Kitchens - Supported BusinessesAwarded
For the Scotland region only, LHC introduced a Lot 2.
The requirement isidentical to that as set out in Lot 1; however this lot was reserved for bidders who are considered a Supported Business.
This reservation is being implemented by LHC in accordance with Regulation 21 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
In accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 a supported business is considered to be an economic operator whose main aim is the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons and where at least 30% of the employees of the economic operator are disabled or disadvantaged persons.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Domestic Kitchens - Standard lot | 60% | 40% | |
| 2 · Domestic Kitchens - Supported Businesses | 60% | 40% |
- Suitability
Health and Safety
Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum
Environmental Management
UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate.
Quality Management
UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent)
Evidence of Compliance with Equality Act 2010
Bidders will be required to evidence through a number of confirmatory statements they are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and have measures in place to promote equality and diversity within their organisation.
Minimum warranty
Kitchen Cabinets / Carcass: 10 Years
Doors & Drawer Fronts : 5 Years
Ironmongery & Accessories :5 Years
Worktops : 10 Years
- Economic & financial standing
TURNOVER
Minimum average annual turnover requirement (over 4 previous years trading) for each lot is 300,000 GBP.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance 5,000,000 GBP
Public Liability Insurance 5,000,000 GBP
Product Liability Insurance 1,000,000 GBP
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Manufacture and Supply of Domestic Kitchens and Associated Products” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- 13 Dec 2021, 09:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
K7- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049504- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030030Find a Tender
- Performance terms
As part of it's monitoring of the performance of projects delivered through this framework, following completion of each project LHC/SPA will require the relevant appointed company to provide project performance data based on a standardised set of key performance metrics.
Publisher note: LHC is a joint committee of local authorities acting as a central purchasing body on behalf of contracting authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland (including partners of the Welsh Procurement Alliance - WPA and Scottish Procurement Alliance- SPA) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective' portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements, and may also use the framework. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in England, Wales and Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and as listed on https://www.lhc.gov.uk/who-we-work-with/including, but not limited to registered social landlords (RSL's), Tenant management organisations (TMOs) and Arm's length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services and registered charities. Under the terms of this contract the successfully appointed contractors will be required to required to deliver community benefits in support of the public body's economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The community benefits included in this contract are: - to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups; - vocational training; - to up-skill the existing workforce; - equality and diversity initiatives; - to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and supported businesses; - supply-chain development activity; - to build capacity in community organisations; - educational support initiatives. Clients wishing to use the framework will need to refer to the further information and guidance document available for this framework which will be available on the LHC,SPA, WPA, CPC and SWPA websites, or request further information from are presentative of the LHC group to identify the specific list of contractors appointed in each regional area within each lot. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and as listed on https:// www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/, including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities. (SC Ref:807556)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 May 2022, 12:30 BST
Timeline
9 Mar 2022 → 18 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected9 Mar 2022
- Bids opened19 May 2022, 12:30 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:01 BST
Notice history
6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Mar 2022- Published value published: £6,500,00022 Mar 2022, 12:12 GMT
- Status changed to active22 Mar 2022, 12:12 GMT
- Procurement method changed22 Mar 2022, 12:12 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 May 2022, 12:00 BST22 Mar 2022, 12:12 GMT
- Deadline moved to 7 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST9 May 2022, 15:21 BST+19 days · was 19 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete1 Sept 2022, 15:29 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 19 May 2022 | 7 Jun 2022 | +19 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 19 May 2022 | 7 Jun 2022 | +19 d |
Dates being extended due to requirements being amended
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2022-03: 1 release · 22 Mar 2022
- 2021-12: 1 release · 13 Dec 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £6,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Domestic Kitchens - Standard lot
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Domestic Kitchens - Supported Businesses
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Domestic Kitchens - Standard lot
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2022
- Value
- £10,075,000
- Status
- active
- Change Following contract commencement, increased service demand emerged that were not foreseeable at the time of award. These changes are essential for the continued successful delivery of the contract., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Following contract commencement, increased service demand emerged that were not foreseeable at the time of award.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Domestic Kitchens - Standard lot | 5bids · 5 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Domestic Kitchens - Supported Businesses | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- City BuildingFramework contractor
- Joinery & Timber Creations (65) LtdFramework contractor
- Magnet Contract Kitchen SolutionsFramework contractor
- Moores Furniture Group LimitedFramework contractor
- Richmond FurnitureFramework contractor
- Richmond Furniture LtdFramework contractor
- TRAVIS PERKINSFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria