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Paint and Decorating Supplies

Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

31 Jul 2026 at 12:01

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

09 Jul 2026 at 14:45

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

29 May 2026 at 18:45

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

30 Apr 2026 at 15:54

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited is procuring a framework for paint and decorating supplies, including paints, oil and water-based products, and painters’ brushes. The framework is intended for educational establishments that are CPC members, future CPC members, higher education institutions using the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium or North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, and other eligible public-sector bodies. The buying organisations are based in Salford and Leeds. Supplies are intended for delivery across the United Kingdom. This is a goods requirement serving education and wider public-sector organisations, rather than a painting or decorating works contract. The framework is available to multiple public-sector buyers through the purchasing consortia.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through an open procedure. One lot was evaluated equally on quality and pricing, each weighted at 50%, and was suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The estimated tender value was £8,000,000 excluding VAT (£9,600,000 including VAT). Three awards were made on 8 July 2026, each valued at £2,666,666.66, to PPG Architectural Coatings UK Ltd, J.P McDougall and Co Ltd trading as Dulux Decorator Centre, and Crown Paints Limied. Each contract was signed on 29 July 2026, has a value of £2,666,666 excluding VAT (£3,199,999.20 including VAT), and runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028, with two possible 12-month extensions to 31 July 2030. The framework allows up to six participants, without reopening competition, and carries a 1.5% win fee based on award value.

This opportunity demonstrates recurring UK-wide public-sector demand for a broad range of paint and decorating supplies through a purchasing-consortium framework. Suppliers well placed for a future requirement would need dependable access to paint, brushes and related decorating products, established distribution arrangements, and the operational capacity to serve educational establishments, universities and other eligible public bodies across the country. The successful supplier profile is large, established paint manufacturers and decorating-supply distributors, but the lot was identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Credibility would also require competitive pricing alongside demonstrable product quality, because those two factors carried equal weight in evaluation. Suppliers should understand framework delivery and fulfilment at multi-buyer scale.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Paint and Decorating Supplies

Notice Description

This is a framework for Paint and Decorating Supplies. This framework will be available to all Educational Establishments who are CPC members https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/ and all future members . The tender is also available for Higher Education institutions via our colleagues in other Consortia, including NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium) https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members and NEUPC (North East Universities Purchasing Consortium) http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our members ) and the following Public Sector bodies https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/suppliers/eligible-public-sector-bodies.php

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-068f98
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072656-2026
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, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

CPV Codes

39224210 - Painters' brushes

44810000 - Paints

44812200 - Oil and water paints

44812210 - Oil paints

44812220 - Water paints

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£2,666,666 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£2,666,666 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
9 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 2-3 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
Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited
Additional Buyers

North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd

North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
M6 6AJ
Postcode Area
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Salford
Electoral Ward
Pendleton & Charlestown
Westminster Constituency
Salford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Crown Paints Limied

J.P McDougall and Co Ltd Trading as Dulux Decorator Centre

PPG Architectural Coatings UK Ltd

Further Information

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