ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and...
Buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Location
Leicester
Deadline
Closes 28 Oct 2026
Value
£1.4m
Key dates and value
Status
Closed
Submission deadline
30 Sept 2026
Published
1 Sept 2026
Estimated value
£7.3m
Contract start
1 Mar 2027
Contract end
31 Mar 2029
Location
Leicester, East Midlands
Notice type
UK4
Buyer type
Local Authority
Overview
ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements.
We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of ring binders, box files, manilla files and folders and dividers along with plastic filing, presentation and storage products including punched pockets, plastic pocket wallets, plastic files, display books, dividers, pencil and document cases, desktop products, book covers, clip boards and carry cases, all for delivery to the ESPO distribution centre, Leicester, and book bags for delivery direct to ESPO customer premises.
The Framework is divided into 10 lots.
Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 30 September 2026.
To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 50_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).
Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
CPV codes
30192700 Stationery
18923000 Pouches and wallets
22852000 Folders
30197210 Ring binders
22851000 Binders
30199500 Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles
30192134 Pencil holders
30191130 Clipboards
30192000 Office supplies
30199600 Dividers for stationery
30199000 Paper stationery and other items
18931100 Rucksacks
About the buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO has published 72 tender notices since 7 Oct 2023, with a combined advertised value of £4.5bn. 39 of them are currently open.
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