ID 6636040 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Challenging Environment Furniture 2026

What the buyer is asking for

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) is an Executive agency of the Department of Justice NI (DOJ NI) and is responsible for the management of His Majesty’s Prisons in Northern Ireland. NIPS wishes to establish a contract for the supply and delivery of specialist furniture for use the challenging environment of a prison. The contract will be for a period of five (5) years with no options to extend beyond this period. There will be no obligation on the NIPS to order any goods or any minimum quantity of goods from the supplier at any time during the contract period. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for further information on the requirements.

How this is scored

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

• 30%qualityAC1 - Contract ManagementAs per Tender documentation.
• 30%qualityAC2 - Supply ChainAs per Tender documentation.
• 40%priceAC3 - 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 published14 days ago

   8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 9 days

   30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 18 days

   9 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
4. Award decision expected byin 42 days

   2 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 notice8 Sept 2026, 11:11 BST084771-2026

Payment terms

For further details on invoicing procedures please see : https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/ar ticles/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