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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Framework Mini-Competition: Supply and Fit of Compact Mobile Shelving on behalf of the University of Manchester Library

Furniture & FurnishingsCPV 39131100 45212330
Value£350k
Awarded18 Jan 2022
Published25 Feb 2022
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£350ktotal 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.

The brief

The University appointed a Contractor to Supply and Fit Mobile Shelving behalf of the University Library, in an external Library store The appointment was by means of a mini-competition through the ESPO 277 Framework Agreement - Handling Equipment and Steel Shelving.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The University appointed a Contractor to Supply

The University appointed a Contractor to Supply and Fit Mobile Shelving behalf of the University Library, in an external Library store.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
The appointment was by means of a mini-competition through the ESPO 277 Framework Agreement - Handling Equipment and Steel Shelving.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The appointment was by means of a mini-competition through the ESPO 277 Framework Agreement - Handling Equipment and Steel Shelving.

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Source & provenance
OCID
e3f68d20-eee4-402d-b671-3e65dd43a280
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2021/1799/Library Shelving/RK/AB
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