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Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
161_27 Artist Grounds’, Brushes, Art Pads and Painting Tools
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £6,666,667Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Fri 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTClosed.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
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.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 39162000
- 30197600
- 39224210
- 37800000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 7 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 7 May 2026.
Release 041966-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 28 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 050151-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 3 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Fri 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST.
Release 083497-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-069373
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Thu 10 Sep 2026, 08:13 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 04:07 GMT
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