RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

79_27 Educational Furniture

Construction MaterialsCPV 39000000
Value£18.3m
Deadline
Published28 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Catalogue Procurement Team
tenders@espo.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£18.3mtotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£19.8m

This is a large award for Furniture & Furnishings — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council.

It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities.

We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.

We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the supply of Educational Furniture.

The products covered by this proposed Framework will be purchased for re-sale, and orders will be placed according to demand.

Delivery shall be to ESPO’s distribution centre in Leicester, and for delivery directly to ESPO’s customers throughout the UK.

The Framework is envisaged to include the following Lots (subject to change): Lot 1.

ESPO Smartbuy Range Lot 2.

Core Tables Lot 3.

Specialist Tables Lot 4.

Chairs and Stools Lot 5.

Bean Bags and Cushions Lot 6.

Metal Storage and Trays Lot 7.

Storage and Library Furniture Lot.

8 Metal Lockers Lot.

9 Wooden Lockers Lot.

10 Changing Room Furniture Lot.

11 Hazardous Storage Cupboards Lot.

12 Early Years Furniture The above Lot structure is for information only and some details may be amended within the invitation to tender.

This Pre Market Engagement aims to identify capable suppliers in the market with track record in delivering goods within this product category.

We are requesting information from relevant organisations to help us define our requirements (please refer to the Engagement process description section of this notice for further details).

This is not a call for competition.

Tender documentation is not yet available.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

We provide a catalogue range, providing our

We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.

02

We are conducting preliminary market engagement

We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the supply of Educational Furniture.

03

Delivery shall be to ESPO’s distribution centre

Delivery shall be to ESPO’s distribution centre in Leicester, and for delivery directly to ESPO’s customers throughout the UK.

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

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06936f
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
049997-2026
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