Awarded contract

ACE Beds and Mattresses

Details

Value
£1,009,747
Topic
Mattresses
Published
26 June 2025

Tender description

The University of Edinburgh has appointed a supplier to provide beds and mattresses to furnish its accommodation. This includes the supply, removal, and disposal of mattresses, bed frames, and headboards. Contract start date: 28th May 2025 Contract end date: 27th May 2027 Possible Extension for 12 months #1: 28th May 2027 Possible Extension for 12 months #2: 28th May 2028 Lot 1: The University of Edinburgh has appointed a supplier to provide beds and mattresses to furnish its accommodation. This includes the supply, removal, and disposal of mattresses, bed frames, and headboards. Contract start date: 28th May 2025 Contract end date: 27th May 2027 Possible Extension for 12 months #1: 28th May 2027 Possible Extension for 12 months #2: 28th May 2028. The University utilises the Desktop Evaluation Direct Award from Lot 2a Beds and Mattresses of APUC FFE1017 AP Sustainable Furniture.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date28 May 2025
  2. Completed: Award published26 June 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 39143112 · Mattresses

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