Official UK procurement notice
Re-Upholstering of Centre Chairs and Benches
Authority: The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe QEII Centre is requesting expressions of interest and quotes for the re-upholstering of chairs and benches used in the Centre for conferences and events. There are 240 tub chairs and 100 benches.
CPV: Upholstering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedPublished value£54,000
- Condition of participation
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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).
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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).
- Condition of participation
The budget provided is a guideline rather than a basis for costs and quotes.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre buys Other services (CPV 9839), and who usually turns up
The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Other services (CPV 9839) →
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 9839Published estimate£54k
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–334%
4–624%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 5 May 2026, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 5 May 2026, 11:21 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040911- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069116Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 May 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
Expressions of interest and quotes can be submitted via this form tinyurl.com/QEII-EOI-Quote ↗
Timeline
5 May 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published170 days ago5 May 2026, 11:21 BST
- Tender notice expected169 days ago6 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by156 days ago19 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline156 days ago19 May 2026, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts144 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published5 May 2026, 11:21 BSTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications This is the web form where prospective suppliers may submit their expression of interest and a quote for the work.
- Technical specifications A short specification, including dimensions and photographs of the furniture requiring re-upholstering.
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender