237_26 Athletics and Gymnastics Equipment

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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.

ESPO invites Tenders for a framework for the supply and delivery of athletics equipment and portable and fixed gymnastics equipment including trampolines, for delivery to ESPO distribution centre, Leicester, and for direct delivery to individual customer establishments (ESPO Only Framework).

The framework is divided into 8 lots:

Lot 1. Athletics and Sports Day Equipment
Lot 2. Athletics Equipment and Kits
Lot 3. Gymnastics Equipment
Lot 4. Timing Devices
Lot 5. Soft and Early Year Gymnastics
Lot 6. Traditional Gymnastics Equipment
Lot 7. Fixed Gymnastics Equipment
Lot 8. Trampolines

The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 23 months. This is dependent on ESPO, ESPO Customers, and market needs, as well as the performance of sales.

The estimated value stated includes the option to extend the framework as noted above.

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For further details on the Procurement Act, including registration on the Central Digital Platform (YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR SUPPLIER INFORMATION OFF THE CENTRAL DIGITAL PLATFORM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TENDER AND SUBMIT A RESPONSE), this can be found as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-suppliers

Or otherwise, please refer to the ESPO Website as follows:

https://www.espo.org/the-procurement-act-2023