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12_27 Building Supplies

Leicestershire County Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

19 Oct 2026 at 12:41

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

11 May 2026 at 12:21

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO, plans to establish a framework supplying public sector organisations with a broad range of building materials and related products. The range includes general building supplies and aggregates, paint and decorating products, kitchens and bathrooms, plumbing equipment, fencing, electrical items, tools and construction equipment. The procurement is principally for goods, rather than a building project or installation service. ESPO is a public sector-owned buying organisation that provides procurement services and framework access to public bodies. Deliveries are intended for locations across the United Kingdom. The wide product mix may be relevant to manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors serving construction, maintenance and property-related buyers, particularly suppliers able to cover one or more of the product categories described.

The process is at planning and ESPO is conducting preliminary market engagement ahead of a planned framework procurement; there is no invitation to tender yet. ESPO expects the framework to run from 21 July 2027 to 20 July 2029, with possible extension to 20 July 2031. Its estimated value is £25 million excluding VAT (£30 million including VAT). ESPO expects to publish a further notice by 1 February 2027. Suppliers can contribute to the Request for Information through the EastMidsTenders portal; the stated RFI response deadline is 20 November 2026 at 5pm. ESPO may seek clarification or discuss responses and may issue a second RFI. The framework is planned as a single lot and is marked suitable for SMEs. Evaluation criteria and the eventual procurement procedure have not yet been set out.

This early engagement is useful to suppliers considering a future public-sector framework for building supplies. The scope spans multiple product lines, so manufacturers, merchants and distributors with specialist ranges—or the capacity to supply a broad catalogue—may have relevant market insight to offer. Suppliers of building materials, aggregates, paint and decorating goods, kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing, fencing, electrical supplies, tools and construction equipment can use the RFI to explain their products and market capability to ESPO. SMEs are explicitly considered suitable for the planned single-lot framework. The buyer says suppliers will not be disadvantaged in the later procurement if they do not take part in this engagement, and an RFI response does not guarantee an invitation to any procurement. No specific accreditations, experience thresholds or capacity requirements are stated at this planning stage.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

12_27 Building Supplies

Notice Description

ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation that provides a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions designed to support public sector organisations. We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the provision of an extensive range of building supplies including general building materials, paint, kitchens, bathrooms, plumbing materials, fencing and electrical items. This is not a call for competition. Tender documentation is not yet available.

Planning Information

Suppliers are required to register and complete the relevant stages on the Central Digital Platform if they wish to participate in or bid for this framework. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Engagement is being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire, with details being captured on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org). The deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 20 November 2026. Suppliers wishing to participate in the engagement process must first express an interest as follows (the option to express an interest will remain open up until the Engagement deadline captured in this notice): (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 opportunity 12_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal, or alternatively via searching on https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index); d) Express an interest. Suppliers can then access all details on the RFI in the 'Messages' section via the 'Activity' dashboard, once an expression of interest has been registered. In case of any questions or clarifications, these should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal. ESPO may contact suppliers to seek clarification or understanding of the information provided in their RFI response or to discuss their RFI responses in further detail. A second RFI may also be issued if required. Potential bidders will not be prejudiced by any participation or failure to participate to this preliminary market engagement exercise and should note that a response to this preliminary market engagement exercise does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that ESPO may conduct.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-069594
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098454-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

14 - Mining, basic metals and related products

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

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

42 - Industrial machinery

43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

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

45 - Construction work

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

14212000 - Granules, chippings, stone powder, pebbles, gravel, broken and crushed stone, stone mixtures, sand-gravel mixtures and other aggregates

31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

34928220 - Fencing components

34928310 - Safety fencing

39122100 - Cupboards

39141000 - Kitchen furniture and equipment

39144000 - Bathroom furniture

39224210 - Painters' brushes

39298900 - Miscellaneous decoration items

39715000 - Water heaters and heating for buildings; plumbing equipment

39812500 - Sealants

42130000 - Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances

42500000 - Cooling and ventilation equipment

42650000 - Pneumatic or motorised hand tools

43132300 - Drills

43320000 - Construction equipment

43413100 - Cement mixers

43830000 - Power tools

44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45340000 - Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work

45451000 - Decoration work

79931000 - Interior decorating services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£25,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Feb 20274 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
21 Jul 2027 - 20 Jul 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE19 1ES
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Enderby
Westminster Constituency
South Leicestershire

Further Information

Notice Documents

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