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OpenStage · planning

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

Sportswear Online store

Clothing & TextilesCPV 18412000
Value£200k
Deadline
Published26 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
procurement@port.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £263k
this tender£0£9.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Clothing & Footwear band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 1,446 valued Clothing & Footwear tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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.

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Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The University of Portsmouth is seeking early

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.

02

The eventual successful supplier will provide

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.

03

This exercise may result in a formal

This exercise may result in a formal procurement process if sufficient market interest demonstrates that the University would attract viable interest.

04

Should the University decide to proceed,

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.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0675c7
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
028196-2026
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