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UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX

T1135 - Furniture Call Off Lot 1 Core Office

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39000000 39100000
Value£500k
Awarded21 May 2025
Published8 Aug 2025
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

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.

The brief

The University is working in partnership with Dukefield Procurement and has recently established a new Furniture Framework that went live on the 17th March 2025.

The University now wishes to conduct a mini competition for Lot 1 Core Office Furniture to serve all three campuses for University of Essex.

This Mini competition will result in a sole supplier being appointed to deliver this service.

Please note there is no exclusivity arrangement and the University reserves the right to use alternative suppliers if required.

The University's furniture portfolio currently consists of multiple manufacturer furniture brands across all three campuses.

The successful supplier of this call off will need to have the ability to source furniture from a wide range of different furniture manufacturers.

The aim is to continue to standardise the core list for office furniture throughout the life of the contract.

Standardisation will support the University's aims to reduce its environmental impact and ensure health, safety and welfare for staff and students.

The University of Essex has a target of 2035 to achieve net zero emissions.

Suppliers will be expected to support the University with this aim through multiple means and innovations.

A particular focus of this mini competition will be the sustainability impact of the manufacturing, supply, reuse, repair and recycling of all furniture purchased by the University.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This Mini competition will result in

This Mini competition will result in a sole supplier being appointed to deliver this service.

02

The successful supplier of this call off

The successful supplier of this call off will need to have the ability to source furniture from a wide range of different furniture manufacturers.

03

Standardisation will support the University's aims

Standardisation will support the University's aims to reduce its environmental impact and ensure health, safety and welfare for staff and students.

04

Suppliers will be expected to support

Suppliers will be expected to support the University with this aim through multiple means and innovations.

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A particular focus of this mini competition

A particular focus of this mini competition will be the sustainability impact of the manufacturing, supply, reuse, repair and recycling of all furniture purchased by the University.

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Net zero commitmentPolicies & commitments
The University of Essex has a target of 2035 to achieve net zero emissions.

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