Notes Stillage Cage Provision, Storage, Maintenance, and Disposal

What the buyer is asking for

The Bank of England has a requirement for: • Supply of approximately 5,000 additional stillage cages picture below) for delivery up to 2031, as per the Bank's specifications; • maintenance of the Bank's existing, and newly purchased, cage estate; • the provision of storage services for surplus cages from the Bank of England Debden site; and • sustainable disposal of cages that are damaged beyond economic repair. The cages are essential to provide secure storage and enable transportation of Banknotes. Due to the sensitive nature of documentation, interested suppliers are required to complete a non-disclosure agreement in order to access the associated Tender Documents. Interested suppliers should email fm.contracts@bankofengland.co.uk with the reference "PROC/772" within the subject line and confirming the signatory name and e-mail address for the non-disclosure agreement. This will then be issued via DocuSign.

How this is scored

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

• 50%pricePrice
• 41%qualityQuality
• 9%qualitySocial Value

What you must already have

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

• economic

  These can be found in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) contained in the tender pack.

• technical

  These can be found in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) contained in the tender pack.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT
2. Clarification questions byin 13 days

   23 Nov 2026, 14:30 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 27 days

   7 Dec 2026, 14:30 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 71 days

   20 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice14 Jul 2026, 09:58 BST065967-2026
2. Tender notice9 Nov 2026, 15:28 GMT106340-2026

Payment terms

30 days in arrears

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender