Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dumfries and Galloway Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sharp Business Systems UK
- Value
- £430,872.90
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Furniture & domestic appliances · School furniture (CPV 39160000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 054161-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Aug 2025
- Published5 Sep 2025Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
The New Build Dumfries High School is part of the overarching Dumfries Learning Town project which came into inception in 2013. This project is part of the second phase and sees a replacement school designed for a capacity for 936 pupils. The school is currently partway through the construction stage and is scheduled for completion 10th April 2026 in readiness for school term commencing 13th April 2026. Dumfries and Galloway Council wish to appoint a single supplier for all loose furniture items, appropriate for a secondary school setting, to allow the school to be operational on day one of opening. Additional information: Direct Award call off under Lot 4 of SXL Education & Office Furniture Framework 0620. Capacity assessment, engagement and furniture samples conducted with framework suppliers.
About the supplier
Sharp Business Systems UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02136901).