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DOF - Office Portering Service and Short-term Storage of Furniture for Department of Finance Properties Division

Community ServicesCPV 63120000

Value£825,000

Deadline26 Oct 2026

Published23 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

£825,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline

Published 23 Sept 202632 days leftCloses 26 Oct 2026

Who to contact

SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

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Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£825ktotal contract value

median £246k

this tender£0£11.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Supporting Transport & Travel Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,020 valued Supporting Transport & Travel Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Department of Finance has published 4 Supporting Transport & Travel Services notices, about every 16 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around January 2028.

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The brief

The Department of Finance (DoF) Properties Division (PD) Estate comprises properties distributed throughout Northern Ireland.

These properties vary in size and operational capacity, ranging from small office locations to major office facilities accommodating in excess of 1,000 staff.

A major requirement of Properties Division is to ensure that all staff are able to conduct their work and business in offices and buildings that meet with the user needs and comply with all legal requirements.

In order to meet this requirement, the Department of Finance has identified a need to provide an office furniture portering service and a short-term furniture storage service for the PD Office Estate.

The Buyer requires a single supplier to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings.

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

A major requirement of Properties Division is

In order to meet this requirement,

The Buyer requires a single supplier

The Buyer requires a single supplier to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings.

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.

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 it takes to bid this

12–20 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%

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