Published date: 19 April 2022

This notice was replaced on 27 July 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 February 2024, last edited 27 January 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Waste and rubbish containers and bins - 34928480

  • Furniture - 39100000

  • Armoured or reinforced safes, strongboxes and doors - 44421000

    • Installation of built-in furniture - 45421153

    • Repair and maintenance services of furniture - 50850000

    • Storage and warehousing services - 63120000

    • Furniture design services - 79934000

    • Relocation services - 98392000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£400,000,000

Procurement reference

RM6308

Published date

19 April 2022

Approach to market date

29 June 2023

Contract start date

29 March 2024

Contract end date

29 March 2028

Procedure type

Other: Public procurement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of [Furniture and associated services] to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. It is intended that this commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all in scope requirements of UK Central Government. The initial position, subject to engagement, is for a Lot structure that covers (but not limited to): office furniture, residential furniture, education furniture, steel storage, repair / renovation / reuse / recycle. The lotting structure of this framework will be determined as a result of the market engagement process, and will be confirmed within the contract notice, as will the estimated value of the agreement.Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.


More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £100,000,000
2025/2026 £100,000,000
2026/2027 £100,000,000
2027/2028 £100,000,000

Additional text

.The intention of this PIN is to:
1.Inform that CCS are to consider an exercise to set up a contracting vehicle as described at section II.1.4.
2.Gauge market interest in this procurement.
3.Identify suppliers who would like to participate in the engagement process, including webinars, surveys and meetings.
4.To participate in the engagement and to register for regular updates, please email furnitureframework2@crowncommercial.gov.uk Please provide: Organisation name, Contact name, Job title of contact (including responsibility within your organisation), Contact phone number, Contact email, Organisation website link.
5.Information related to the project will be uploaded to the CCS RM6308 webpage: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6308
Please note that the date of the procurement competition is subject to change.
CCS will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years. Final value will be outlined in the contract notice.

The estimated date of publication of the contract notice is June 2023, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6308 for updates on all programme dates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the contract notice.

The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.

To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials for the services under and in connection with the procurement.

The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.
The services that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the RM6308 Schedule, Security Requirement and Plan to meet RM6308 requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage.


About the buyer

Contact name

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Address

9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

+44 3450103503

Email

furnitureframework2@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/ccs