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The City of Edinburgh Council

CT1669 Wooden Presentation Seats and Plaques

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39113600
Value£165k
Deadline23 Sept 2026
Published19 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Aug 202627 days leftCloses 23 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Susan Lowrie
susan.lowrie@edinburgh.gov.uk
+44 1314693922

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£165ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Furniture & Furnishings band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,729 valued Furniture & Furnishings tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

The City of Edinburgh Council has published 3 Furniture & Furnishings notices, about every 14 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around October 2027.

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The brief

Purchase of wooden presentation seats and plaques for heritage sites in the City of Edinburgh.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
078850-2026
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