Stale Pre-tender

273_27 Office Machines and Office Ergonomic Equipment

Details

Value
£3,333,333
Topic
Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
Published
7 May 2026
Submission
10 July 2026

Tender description

ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are establishing a catalogue framework covering the supply of office machines and office ergonomic equipment (including; shredders, laminators, trimmers, guillotines, labelling machines, lumbar/back supports, sit/stand workstations, monitor risers, footrests, laptop stands, and clocks) to meet the needs of the ESPO catalogue only, both for stock into the ESPO warehouse and for direct delivery to ESPO customers. The Framework is divided into 3 lots. Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 17 November 2026. 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 e.g., via https://procontract.due-north.com/Register); (c) Search for tender opportunity 273_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal, or alternatively via searching on https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen). Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published7 May 2026
    Current notice

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. 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.

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

  • 30000000 · Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
  • 39110000 · Seats, chairs and related products, and associated parts
  • 39130000 · Office furniture
  • 39254100 · Clocks
  • 39254120 · Wall clocks
  • 39263000 · Desk equipment
  • 39516110 · Cushions
  • 42994230 · Laminators

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