AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Nottingham Trent University has awarded and signed a contract with BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED for specialist ergonomic furniture and associated services tailored to end-user needs, typically after occupational health assessment.
Published outcomeOne active award (lot 1) is linked to BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED. The contract record states it was signed on 15 October 2026 and runs to 30 September 2028, with extension options.
Market significanceThis is a £300,000 gross goods contract awarded through a framework, with potential continuation to September 2030 if both 12-month extension options are used.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 300000 GBP · active
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Award 1 names BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED as supplier and relates to lot 1. The linked contract has a gross value of £300,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceContract details notice; complete
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Process display status is awarded, source status is complete, and the notice is identified as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status active.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status active.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 15 October 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-15.
Contract start
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-15.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£300,000 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 300000, currency GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceSingle contract linked to award 1 and lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to awardID 1; award 1 is related to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence1 October 2026
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Award 1 records award_date as 2026-10-01.
Contract signed
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-15.
Initial contract end
99% confidence30 September 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2028-09-30.
Maximum possible end
99% confidence30 September 2030
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Contract 1 maxExtentDate is 2030-09-30.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Document 099020-2026 records datePublished as 2026-10-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSpecialist ergonomic furniture and associated services tailored to end-user needs, typically following an occupational health assessment
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Tender title and description supplied in the notice.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 39150000 — Miscellaneous furniture and equipment
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Award item additional classification.
Delivery area
98% confidenceUKF14
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Award item delivery address region is UKF14.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective procedure; award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is selective and procurementMethodDetails states Award under framework.
Competition
98% confidenceNot competitive in this call-off record
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Tender competitive field is false.
Framework reference
99% confidenceFind a Tender OCID ocds-h6vhtk-058e7d, framework lot 12
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Related process identifies framework OCID ocds-h6vhtk-058e7d and related lot 12.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence15 October 2026 to 30 September 2028
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Contract period startDate and endDate.
Extension options
99% confidenceTwo 12-month options, subject to satisfactory performance
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Contract renewal description states: 2 x 12-months option to extend available subject to satisfactory performance.
Maximum term
99% confidenceUp to 30 September 2030
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Contract maxExtentDate is 2030-09-30.
Performance metrics
95% confidenceAs per framework provider (NEUPC), observed every 12 months
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Contract agreedMetrics title is As per framework provider (NEUPC), with a 12-month frequency observation.
Above threshold
99% confidenceYes
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Contract aboveThreshold is true.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route to market
98% confidenceFramework call-off rather than a competitive tender in this record
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The notice states Award under framework and competitive is false.
Demand profile
97% confidenceSpecialist, assessment-led ergonomic furniture requirement
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The published description says requirements are bespoke to end-user needs, typically following occupational health assessment.
Contract management
93% confidenceAnnual metric observations are indicated through the framework provider
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Agreed metrics reference NEUPC and specify a 12-month observation frequency.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Published financial detail
99% confidenceOnly a single gross contract value is published; no pricing, quantity or item-level cost breakdown is supplied.
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Contract value contains only amountGross and currency; award item contains no quantity or price fields.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value.
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Lot 1 fields for title, description and value are null.
Competition detail
99% confidenceBidder counts, evaluation scores and award rationale are not supplied in the published notice.
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No bidder-count, scoring or evaluation fields are present in the supplied data.
Conflict of interest document
99% confidenceMarked as not published.
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Tender document conflictOfInterest has description Not published.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid counts, bidder identities, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale and savings.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: lot 1 title, lot description, individual lot value, quantities, unit prices and pricing breakdown.
- No extension decision date or renewal timetable is published; the extension window is an estimate based only on the stated initial end date.
- The notice references framework lot 12 but does not provide the framework name beyond the performance-metric reference to NEUPC.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Nottingham Trent UniversityBACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITEDspecialist ergonomic furnitureergonomic furniture contractNEUPC frameworkpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Nottingham Trent University's specialist ergonomic furniture contract?
BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED won award 1 for lot 1.
What is the value of the contract?
The published gross contract value is £300,000.
When does the contract run until?
The initial term ends on 30 September 2028. Two 12-month extensions may take the maximum end date to 30 September 2030, subject to satisfactory performance.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record explicitly gives a signature date of 15 October 2026.
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