Notice Information
Notice Title
Electrical Sundries
Notice Description
The Authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of electrical sundries products for all HE/FE institutions. The Authority are seeking to obtain, through this tendering process, price normalisation for all Institutions - regardless of size and demand. The Authority is seeking to appoint 4 contractors to this Framework Agreement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority is seeking to appoint contactors capable of providing an extensive range of electrical sundries products to the Higher Education(HE) and Further Education(FE) institutions of Scotland and other organisations as detailed at https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/?#!/members Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Renewal: The Framework Agreement will run for an initial period of 24 months and may be extended for a further 24 month period, after which it will be re-tendered.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c01e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000376-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
31150000 - Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes
31300000 - Insulated wire and cable
31440000 - Batteries
31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps
31510000 - Electric filament lamps
31527260 - Lighting systems
31530000 - Parts of lamps and lighting equipment
31531000 - Light bulbs
31532910 - Fluorescent tubes
31680000 - Electrical supplies and accessories
31681000 - Electrical accessories
31681400 - Electrical components
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £14,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £14,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- The Framework Agreement will run for an initial period of 24 months and may be extended for a further 24 month period, after which it will be re-tendered.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- APUC LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Josh O'Pray
- Contact Email
- jopray@apuc-scot.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1315737699
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling East
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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