Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
182_26 Creative Materials, Card, Textiles and Glitter
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Framework for the supply of creative materials, card textiles and glitter, for delivery to the ESPO Distribution Centre, Leicester.
This will include a wide variety of craft related products.
The Framework is divided into 4 lots.
Please refer to the procurement/tender documents for further details (please see below on how to access these).
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); (c) Search for tender opportunity '182_26' (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest (if not already completed via the previously Published Preliminary market engagement notice); (e) Download the procurement/tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen, once an Expression of interest has been completed).
In the case of any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity, these should be submitted to ESPO as a Message on the eProcurement Portal (again once an Expression of interest has been completed).
For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform, this can be found as follows: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers Or otherwise, please refer to the ESPO Website as follows: https://www.espo.org/the-procurement-act-2023
What the notice asks for
Framework for the supply of creative materials
Framework for the supply of creative materials, card textiles and glitter, for delivery to the ESPO Distribution Centre, Leicester.
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 this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Framework for the supply of creative materials, card textiles and glitter, for delivery to the ESPO Distribution Centre, Leicester.
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
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- ocds-h6vhtk-05095c
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- tender · Open
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- 049604-2025
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