Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Installation of Carpets and Vinyl Flooring
Authority: West Lancashire Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Construction Materials & Prefab (44)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: UKNorth West (UKD47)
Published estimate£600,000≈ £200k / year · £720,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Aug 2026awarded 5 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 20 Sept 2029 · up to 20 Sept 2031 with extensions · starts 21 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo Supply and Installation of Carpets and Vinyl Flooring for West Lancashire Borough Council.
This is a notice is for an extension of standstill period.
- No preliminary market engagement: The Council have a long standing service we have provided successfully therefore deemed it unnecessary for any additional market engagement as we know are requirements and what is working well doe us
CPV: Construction materials and associated items · Floor and wall covering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
Within the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Within the tender documents
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Method Statement / Quality: 50%
- Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Method Statement / Quality
- Price
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
Within the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Within the tender documents
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 10:08 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 15:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
DN822478- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067073- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc7eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders must be submitted via The Chest: www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ (opportunity DN822478 )
Timeline
16 Jul 2026 → 20 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published101 days ago16 Jul 2026, 10:08 BST
- Clarification questions by76 days ago10 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline73 days ago13 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by54 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts34 days ago21 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent20 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published4 days ago20 Oct 2026, 15:18 BST
- Standstill ends4 days ago20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Tender notice published16 Jul 2026, 10:08 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:53 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Oct 2026, 15:53 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Oct 2026, 15:53 BST
- Contract award notice published20 Oct 2026, 15:18 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £600,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 99 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD9 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2029 · up to 9 Nov 2031Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions | £600,000 | 5 Oct 2026standstill to 20 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
| SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTD9 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2029 · up to 8 Nov 2031Extensions: 2 x 12 months | £600,000same award published again · counted once | 5 Oct 2026standstill to 30 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders | 9 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SKELMERSDALE CARPETS & FLOORING LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Opportunity DN822478
- Technical specifications Within ITT documents - opportunity DN822478
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender