79_27(S) Educational One-Piece Classroom Chairs and Other Related Seating Products

Buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Value
£1,041,667
Closes
23 November 2026
Where
Leicester, the East Midlands
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Leicestershire County Council, through its non-profit buying body ESPO, is setting up a catalogue framework for supplying one-piece classroom chairs and related seating to schools and public sector customers. The framework is an interim arrangement running until 28 February 2029, alongside the existing Educational Furniture Framework (79_25). The estimated value is £1,041,667, and the tender closes at 12:00 on 23 November 2026.

What the buyer wants

• Register on the EastMidsTenders portal, express interest, and download the tender documents from ProContract before submitting a bid. • Show that your chairs and seating products meet the required educational furniture safety standards, and provide product samples or technical data where requested. • Submit pricing and catalogue information for your product range, with the ability to deliver either directly to ESPO customers or to ESPO's distribution centre in Leicester.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

A business without test evidence showing its chairs meet the educational furniture standard, or without the capacity to supply and deliver across a national catalogue, would most likely be excluded.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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