Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
161_27 Artist Grounds’, Brushes, Art Pads and Painting Tools
Framework ceiling £6,666,667 — the most the agreement may spend across all suppliers and call-offs, not a contract value
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The submission route named on the official notice.
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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 establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of Artist brushes, Artist grounds, portfolios, easels and mats for delivery to ESPO’s distribution centre and to individual customers.
The Framework is divided into 6 lots.
Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 02 October 2026.
To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract e.g., via https://procontract.due-north.com/Register); (c) Search for tender opportunity 161_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal, or alternatively via searching on https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).
Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
What the notice asks for
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.
We are establishing a catalogue framework
We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of Artist brushes, Artist grounds, portfolios, easels and mats for delivery to ESPO’s distribution centre and to individual customers.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Delivery shall typically be to ESPO’s distribution centre in Leicester.
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069373
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 083497-2026
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