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Pre-Market Engagement – Furniture Supply Solutions for Bedford College

Internal audit services
UK
Published value
£0
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bedford College: "Pre-Market Engagement – Furniture Supply Solutions for Bedford College". Published status: planning. Published value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBedford CollegeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£0
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Bedford College
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Bedford College. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.7Bids / Report
33.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Thermoserv LtdTop vendor: 72.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 3 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Thermoserv Ltd1 win£259,046
Infinity Secure Solutions Ltd1 win£54,255
INTER COUNTY SERVICE GROUP LTD1 win£43,915
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBedford College
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
Last source update12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationInternal audit services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e201
What is being bought
Bedford College is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to gather information from suppliers regarding furniture products and related services. This exercise is for information gathering and market intelligence purposes only and does not constitute a procurement, tender opportunity, invitation to quote, or commitment to purchase. Responses may be used to inform future procurement strategies and requirements.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £0
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
  2. Procedure published
    12 Aug 2026, 09:27 BST
  3. engagement
    19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Bedford College conducted a pre-market engagement exercise to understand supplier capability, market capacity, emerging service delivery models, technology solutions, and best practice approaches for the provision of Internal Audit Services. Information gathered has been used solely to inform the procurement strategy, specification, contract requirements, and evaluation methodology. Participation in the pre-market engagement was not a prerequisite for participating in this procurement and no supplier has been afforded an unfair competitive advantage
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bedford College

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBCW-2828-YLLW
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  • Bedford College
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PBCW-2828-YLLW
    Cauldwell Street, Bedford, UKH24, MK42 9AH, GB
    procurement@bedford.ac.uk
    0123491000
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published