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title: "Floor Coverings"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0485cd"
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# Floor Coverings

Buyer: NEUPC LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0485cd

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## Summary

The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) has led a comprehensive procurement process to establish a framework for floor coverings, encompassing the supply, fitting, and maintenance of various flooring materials, including carpet tiles, vinyl, linoleum, and rubber flooring. This framework, valued at £6,000,000, is available to members of NEUPC, London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW), and North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC). The awarded contracts were signed on 1st November 2024, with the procurement stage marked as complete. This process follows an open procedure and focuses on floor-covering work within the UK.

This tender provides significant opportunities for SMEs in the flooring industry, as NEUPC has explicitly considered small and medium enterprises for this contract. With the framework open to numerous universities and their partners, businesses supplying and fitting diverse flooring products can expand their market reach and build long-term relationships with educational institutions. Additionally, the potential for framework agreements funded by external sources, including European Union funding, offers further growth prospects for enterprises, ensuring compliance with international funding bodies. Businesses well-suited to this tender include those capable of providing comprehensive flooring solutions across different regions within the UK, especially firms focusing on quality workmanship, responsible procurement, and competitive pricing.

## Notice

The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortia (NEUPC) are leading on a process to award a framework for floor coverings. The scope is to include the supply, fitting and maintenance of primary and secondary entrance matting, carpet tile, broadloom carpet, roll vinyl, safety vinyl, acoustic vinyl, vinyl tile, linoleum, static control flooring, rubber flooring and laminate flooring. Bidders are expected to be able to provide supply, fitting and maintenance of all the in scope products. The framework is going to be available to all members of NEUPC, as well as all members of LUPC, SUPC, HEPCW and NWUPC. It is intended that Supply, Fitting and Maintenance of Floor Coverings - Regional. Where scores were equal during evaluation or within 5%, NEUPC exercised the right to increase the number of Bidders awarded under regions where this applied and the Authority reserved the right to proceed with a lower number of Bidders for all or any Region(s). Bidders will be expected to supply flooring products and services to 100% of the Members in the sub-region that they bid for. This agreement will be open to universities and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is anticipated that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union (EU) funding and (ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortia (NEUPC) are leading on a process to award a framework for floor coverings. The scope is to include the supply, fitting and maintenance of primary and secondary entrance matting, carpet tile, broadloom carpet, roll vinyl, safety vinyl, acoustic vinyl, vinyl tile, linoleum, static control flooring, rubber flooring and laminate flooring. Bidders are expected to be able to provide supply, fitting and maintenance of all the in scope products. The framework is going to be available to all members of NEUPC, as well as all members of LUPC, SUPC, HEPCW and NWUPC. It is intended that Supply, Fitting and Maintenance of Floor Coverings - Regional and will be awarded to up to 4 Bidders per sub-region, provided that there are a suitable number of Bidders which meet any required minimum standards. NEUPC reserves the right to proceed with a lower number of Bidders. Bidders will be expected to supply flooring products and services to 100% of the Members in the sub-region that they bid for. Additional information: NEUPC recognises that some of its Member Institutions are currently, and may in the future, fall outside of the legal definition of a "body governed by public law" for the purposes of the public procurement regime. Whilst each Member Institution should take its own legal and commercial advice as to the suitability or otherwise of a framework agreement, NEUPC does not impose any additional restrictions on use of its framework agreements by such Member Institutions. This agreement will be open to members and their partners regardless of whether or not they are to be defined as contracting authorities for the purpose of the PCR 2015. It is possible that some of the future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union (EU) funding (eg ERDF/ESF) and potentially other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038684-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Nov 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Aug 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Nov 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £6,000,000 |
| Lots value | £6,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £6,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NEUPC LTD |
| Additional buyers | HIGHER EDUCATION PURCHASING CONSORTIUM, WALES (HEPCW); LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM; NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM; SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 5QX |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Adamsdown |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 8 |
| Supplier names | 360 DEGREE FLOORING; CROFT & CROFT; CROWN FLOORING; HILLSIDE CONTRACTS; J SLACK FLOORING; JOHNSON WRIGHT (FLOORING; MIDAS FLOORS; RIG PROJECTS AND FLOORING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45430000 - Floor and wall covering work
- 45432000 - Floor-laying and covering, wall-covering and wall-papering work
- 45432100 - Floor laying and covering work
- 45432110 - Floor-laying work
- 45432111 - Laying work of flexible floor coverings
- 45432114 - Wood flooring work
- 45432130 - Floor-covering work

## Release History

- 29 Nov 2024 at 19:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038684-2024
- 30 Jul 2024 at 09:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023713-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.neupc.ac.uk
- http://www.nwupc.ac.uk
- https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=898194335
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Floor-covering-work./YX843Z69SP
- https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/
- https://www.lupc.ac.uk/
- https://www.supc.ac.uk/

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