Notice Information
Notice Title
LUV01365 Invitation to tender for promotional Items and branded garments for retail with pop up and on line shop
Notice Description
LUV01365 2.1The University is seeking to appoint suppliers to a two-lot framework agreement for the supply of promotional goods and branded garments. The framework will support University marketing, retail, and graduation-related activity over a period of three years, with the option to extend by one further year at the University's discretion. The framework will be divided into two distinct lots as described below. Lot 1 - Supply of Promotional Items Number of suppliers to be awarded: Up to 2 suppliers Estimated annual spend, approximately PS100,000 Lot 2 - Branded Garments for Retail and provision of Pop-Up and on-line Shop Number of suppliers to be awarded: 1 supplier Estimated annual spend: Approximately PS57,000 To view this notice, please click here: https://universityofleicester.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1015404854
Lot Information
Supply of Promotional Items
Supply of a range of promotional merchandise printed with the University's approved branding/logos.
Supply of branded garments for retail and provision of pop-up and on-line shopBranded garments for retail and provision of pop-up shop at graduations and potentially other ad hoc events and on-line shop
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055df2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014805-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
18300000 - Garments
39294100 - Information and promotion products
79342200 - Promotional services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £628,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £628,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
- Contact Name
- Anthony Midgley
- Contact Email
- acm26@le.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1162522058
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 7RH
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF21 Leicester
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Leicester
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Leicester South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014805-2026
18th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014449-2026
17th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005781-2026
22nd January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045172-2025
1st August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039396-2025
11th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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