Official UK procurement notice
West Northamptonshire Council Temporary Accommodation White Goods, Furniture and Services Framework
Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWest Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is undertaking a competitive procedure to appoint a maximum of three suppliers onto each Lot for the provision of white goods, beds, mattresses, carpets and flooring to support the rapid turnaround of temporary accommodation properties across Northamptonshire.
The framework will be divided into the following three lots:
- Lot 1: The Provision and Installation of White Goods
- Lot 2: The Provision and Installation of Carpets and Flooring
- Lot 3: The Provision of Beds and Mattresses
A maximum of 9 Suppliers will be appointed to the Framework. Suppliers will be ranked based on their total tender scores.
CPV: Carpets · Carpets, mats and rugs · Furniture · Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products · Parts of stoves, cookers, plate warmers and domestic appliances · Solid flooring
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Jan 2032
Published description of the framework
a) Contracts for general/day to day requirements will be awarded via direct award to the highest ranked supplier.
b) A competitive selection process may be used where a high volume of single goods is required. All suppliers on the Lot will be invited to participate.
c) The Authority reserves the right to issue a competitive selection process encompassing a whole requirement that spans the scope of Lots 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously, and where the following requirements can be evidenced:
- Equal treatment
- No substantial changes to the core terms and conditions set out in the main framework agreement.
In accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, Section 12 Equal Treatment and Transparency, where a holistic requirement is tendered, all suppliers appointed to the framework will be invited to tender.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £250,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1White Goods & ServicesRenewalPublished value£400,000
The provision of white goods & services including cookers and fridges with delivery and installation
Lot #2Carpets and FlooringRenewalceiling above
The provision and installation of carpets and flooring
Lot #3Beds and MattressesRenewalceiling above
The Provision of Beds and Mattresses
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Price Submission
- Quality: Quality (including social value)
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “West Northamptonshire Council Temporary Accommodation White Goods,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 May 2026, 16:24 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
WNC00000639- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083975- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069b43Find a Tender
- Risks
The Framework may experience an increase in service volumes as a result of housing stock currently managed by Northamptonshire Partnership Homes (NPH), an Arms-Length Management Organisation (ALMO) acting on behalf of West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), being brought back in-house by WNC. This change is expected to take effect from April 2027. Bidders should therefore take into account the potential for increased demand and service volumes over the duration of the Framework. This increase in demand may lead to an increase in the overall contract value over the term of the Framework subject to internal approval of additional funding.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All responses and required ITT documents must be received by the stated time and date on this portal. Please submit via in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home ↗
Timeline
18 May 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published160 days ago18 May 2026, 16:24 BST
- Market engagement142 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Interested organisations are being invited to complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire linked below:
forms.office.com/e/u4aZrSvTSn ↗
West Northamptonshire Council - Temporary Accommodation Good and Services Framework – Collaboration
Completed online questionnaires must be submitted by 5 June 2026
Feedback and any clarification questions should be submitted to:
All feedback received by the stated engagement deadline will be considered. Participation in this market engagement exercise is voluntary and does not form part of any formal procurement process, nor does it create any commitment on the part of the Authority to proceed with the procurement or adopt any particular approach.
- Next notice expected54 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published51 days ago4 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
- Clarification questions by37 days ago18 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends25 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown30 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 26 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 36 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 May 2026, 16:24 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 May 2026, 09:43 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 May 2026, 09:47 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Sept 2026, 15:08 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender