Notice Information
Notice Title
Furniture Removals, Storage and Disposal
Notice Description
Darlington Borough Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to undertake furniture removals from various Council owned buildings, schools and council housing dwellings and provide storage for the furniture as appropriate. Storage of documents will be required as well as furniture disposal when items are surplus to requirement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Council may extend the Contract for a period of 2 x 12 months by providing the Contractor with notice in writing.
Planning Information
The pre-market engagement includes detailed information about the service requirements, guidance on the tendering process, and a survey to gather feedback from providers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059663
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007568-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
60180000 - Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver
63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1
- Lots Value
- £1
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Jan 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Mar 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2026-04-11
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement@darlington.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARLINGTON
- Postcode
- DL1 5QT
- Post Town
- Darlington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC33 Darlington
- Delivery Location
- TLC13 Darlington
-
- Local Authority
- Darlington
- Electoral Ward
- Park East
- Westminster Constituency
- Darlington
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007568-2026
28th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007379-2026
28th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054900-2025
9th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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