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BuyerUniversity of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£200,000
Published27 Mar 2026

What is being bought

The University of Portsmouth is seeking early market feedback from suitably qualified and experienced Suppliers on its proposal to appoint a single supplier to supply, deliver, personalise, and manage stock for branded sports kit and apparel for our Student sports clubs. This includes clothing for our competing in BUCS and local leagues, Representative/performance teams (e.g., Varsity, championships) and Staff coaching kit and agreed retail/merchandise lines. The eventual successful supplier will provide a high quality, reliable and value for money solution with consistent brand application, robust service levels, and an accessible online ordering experience for students and staff. This pre-market engagement is being carried out to understand current market capability, to test different delivery and procurement approaches, and to refine the scope before any formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued. No supplier advantage will arise from taking part. The primary objective of this exercise is to gain a deeper understanding of the market. This exercise may result in a formal procurement process if sufficient market interest demonstrates that the University would attract viable interest. If sufficient response indicates that certain University options are not viable or could be delivered in a better format, then the University will reconsider its options and may reconfigure any potential procurement exercise and any subsequent contract. Should the University decide to proceed, the procurement process may be undertaken through a mini-competition to selected suppliers, with full regard to legal obligations or via a full tender process, both options of the procurement exercise must comply with the Procurement Act 2023. Further details of this requirements are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/port/aspx/Home or If you have any queries regarding the questionnaire or this Exercise please send us your enquiry using intend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/port/aspx/Home

Delivery location

UKJ31, GB

Categories

Sportswear 18412000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 31 Jul 2026 to 30 Jul 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1SportswearNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 18. The category anchor is Sportswear (18412000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 183888 median · 62.8 average (129 of 388 with a bid count)4.7 average (138 of 388 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ310Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3011 median · 11 average (1 of 30 with a bid count)3 average (1 of 30 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The University is using the InTend eSourcing Portal for this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise. Please use the link below to register and express an interest to view the documents with further details of this engagement. If you have any queries regarding the questionnaire or this Exercise please send us your enquiry using intend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/port/aspx/Home Submission of your completed questionnaire together with any supporting documents must be returned via InTend, in soft copy format (i.e. electronically). If you have difficulties accessing In-Tend, please email; procurement@port.ac.uk or sarah.mcgrady@port.ac.ukengagement13 Apr 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0675c7
Latest release ID028356-2026
Latest release timestampFri Mar 27 2026 10:28:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£200,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Mar 2026planningUpdate028356-2026
26 Mar 2026planning028196-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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