DOF - Office Portering Service and Short-term Storage of Furniture for Department of Finance Properties Division

What the buyer is asking for

The Department of Finance (DoF) Properties Division (PD) Estate comprises properties distributed throughout Northern Ireland. These properties vary in size and operational capacity, ranging from small office locations to major office facilities accommodating in excess of 1,000 staff. A major requirement of Properties Division is to ensure that all staff are able to conduct their work and business in offices and buildings that meet with the user needs and comply with all legal requirements. In order to meet this requirement, the Department of Finance has identified a need to provide an office furniture portering service and a short-term furniture storage service for the PD Office Estate. The Buyer requires a single supplier to provide an office furniture portering and furniture storage service throughout its own property and estate buildings. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 10.5%qualityAC1 - Service Delivery and ImplementationAs per Tender Documentation
• 9%qualityAC2 - Contract Management and Contingency PlanningAs per Tender Documentation
• 10.5%qualityAC3 - Social ValueAs per Tender Documentation
• 70%costAC4 - Total Contract PriceAs per Tender Documentation

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• technical

  As per Tender documentation.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   23 Sept 2026, 14:52 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 22 days

   16 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 32 days

   26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 54 days

   16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice23 Sept 2026, 14:52 BST090212-2026

Payment terms

For further details on invoicing procedures please see : https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/account-ni-good-invoicing-practice Contract Value The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender