Official UK procurement notice
Timber Supplier · UK public procurement notice
Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03)Construction Materials & Prefab (44) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Jun 2025awarded 17 Jul 2025
Awarded to Huws Gray Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 24 Jul 2028 · up to 23 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 24 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Suffolk Council are looking to appoint a supplier for the following,
- Limited delivery of Timber and associated accessories to the East Suffolk Council Housing Repairs and Maintenance Team Depot Stores at Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 2EF to specified lead times.
- Provision of an over-the-counter service for the supply of
timber to East Suffolk Council.
- Delivery of Timber directly to East Suffolk Council sites
across the East Suffolk area.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 30 Jan 2030, 22:59 GMT.
CPV: Building materials · Timber · Timber products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
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
- Simple description: 65% Quality (divided into sub-criteria as in the tender documents) and 35% Price. Full details in the tender documents.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 30 Jan 2030
- First published
- 29 May 2025, 16:07 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
2587-PPT-O- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028571- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05291dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 day payment terms, full details are within the tender documents.
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders must be submitted through In-Tend: in-tendhost.co.uk/eastsuffolk/aspx/Home ↗
Timeline
29 May 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published29 May 2025, 16:07 BST
- Clarification questions by13 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent24 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts24 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends5 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published237 days ago27 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2025- Tender notice published29 May 2025, 16:07 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published24 Jul 2025, 17:35 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Jul 2025, 17:35 BST
- Contract signature expected6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 Feb 2026, 15:26 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £250,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huws Gray Limited1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2030Extensions: 1+1 | £250,000 | 17 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Huws Gray Limited
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2026
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- 28 Feb 2026 – 27 Feb 2029 · up to 27 Feb 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1+1
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonHuws Gray · Wales (Cymru)
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Huws Gray LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to tender Part A, Invitation to tender Part C, Pricing Template, Draft Contract Terms, PSQ
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender