991_26 Supply of Early Years and Curriculum Product Ranges
Details
- Value
- £24,000,000
- Topic
- Sand
- Published
- 10 November 2025
- Submission
- 12 December 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
ESPO catalogue framework encompassing the supply of early learning and curriculum product ranges, with goods to be delivered either to ESPO's distribution centre, Leicester, or for direct delivery to ESPO customer premises. The Framework is divided into 9 lots.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published10 November 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date12 December 2025
About the buyer
Leicestershire County Council is a local authority that also trades nationally as ESPO, short for the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a professional buying organisation it owns jointly with five more councils. ESPO serves public sector bodies and education establishments across the country. More than 100 free-to-access framework agreements sit alongside a product catalogue of 25,000 items. A framework is an agreement between the buying organisation, ESPO and an external supplier. In-house procurement experts at ESPO support customers through the frameworks and the catalogue. Councils, schools and academies buy directly through these routes rather than running separate tenders.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of ESPO's contract awards have been in furniture and furnishings, transport equipment and construction work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 14211000 · Sand
- 18000000 · Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 22110000 · Printed books
- 22114300 · Maps
- 22459100 · Advertising stickers and strips
- 30192153 · Phrase stamps
- 30192800 · Self-adhesive labels
- 30195000 · Boards
- 30199400 · Gummed or adhesive paper
- 34430000 · Bicycles
- 35113430 · Safety vests
- 35113440 · Reflective vests
- 37000000 · Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 37520000 · Toys
- 37522000 · Wheeled toys
- 37524000 · Games
- 37529200 · Riding toys
- 37535200 · Playground equipment
- 39142000 · Garden furniture
- 39160000 · School furniture
- 39161000 · Kindergarten furniture
- 39162000 · Educational equipment
- 39162110 · Teaching supplies
- 39298600 · Globes
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@leicestershire-county-council-trading-as-espo.gov |
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