AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College directly awarded Furniture for the Medicine Building to FURNITURE 23 LIMITED. The published contract record states that it was signed on 27 August 2026 and ran to 11 September 2026.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract are recorded for FURNITURE 23 LIMITED under a below-threshold direct procurement without competition.
Market significanceThis is a short-duration, below-threshold furniture supply contract with a published net value of £81,299 and gross value of £97,558.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
FURNITURE 23 LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Shared contract value: £81,299 net; £97,558 gross GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Award 1 names GB-COH-05752749 as supplier. Supplier verification matches company number 05752749 to FURNITURE 23 LIMITED. The contract linked to award 1 states £81,299 amount and £97,558 amountGross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Document 097299-2026 is described as a Contract details notice on Find a Tender.
Tender status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender STA-27028 has status 'complete'.
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 27 August 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-08-27.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value, net
99% confidence£81,299
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Contract 1 value.amount is 81299 GBP.
Contract value, gross
99% confidence£97,558
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 97558 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceThe published contract value is linked to award 1; no separate lot-level value is supplied.
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, while lot 1 has no value amount.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence27 August 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-08-27.
Contract start
99% confidence27 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-27.
Contract end
99% confidence11 September 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-09-11T23:59:59+01:00.
Notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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The notice document and process published_at are dated 2026-10-15.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFurniture for the Medicine Building
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The tender title and description state 'Furniture for Medicine Building'.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is 'goods'.
CPV classification
99% confidence39100000 — Furniture
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Award item 1 carries CPV 39100000, described as Furniture.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender data contains lot 1 and award 1 relates to lot 1.
Delivery region
95% confidenceUKJ
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Award item delivery address specifies region UKJ.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.
Competition information
98% confidenceNo competition was used; bidder numbers and evaluation information were not supplied.
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The procedure is explicitly described as without competition; no bid counts or evaluation records are included.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence27 August 2026 to 11 September 2026
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Contract 1 period specifies these start and end dates.
Published duration
94% confidence16 calendar days inclusive
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Calculated from the stated contract start date of 27 August 2026 and end date of 11 September 2026.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied in the published contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award route
99% confidenceThe requirement was placed through a below-threshold direct award without competition.
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The tender description says it was awarded via a direct award, and the procedure detail states below threshold without competition.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceThe published record reports a £81,299 net contract value for a short furniture requirement.
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Contract 1 reports £81,299 net and runs from 27 August to 11 September 2026.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier was matched by company number 05752749 to FURNITURE 23 LIMITED; no name mismatch is reported.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
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The lot record contains only ID and status; value and descriptive fields are null.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bidder count, evaluation criteria, scoring, rationale or pricing breakdown is present in the supplied data.
Timing of publication
99% confidenceThe contract details notice was published after the stated contract end date.
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Contract end is 11 September 2026; notice publication is 15 October 2026.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Bidder numbers, evaluation criteria, scores, award rationale and pricing breakdown are not supplied.
- No extension or renewal terms are supplied.
- The notice was published after the stated contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Royal Holloway and Bedford New CollegeFURNITURE 23 LIMITEDfurniture contractMedicine Buildingdirect awardUK public procurementSTA-27028
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Royal Holloway Medicine Building furniture contract?
FURNITURE 23 LIMITED, verified against company number 05752749.
What was the published value of the contract?
The published contract value is £81,299 net and £97,558 gross.
Was this competed?
No. The notice describes a below-threshold direct procurement without competition.
When did the contract run?
The published contract period was from 27 August 2026 to 11 September 2026.
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