ESPO: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

ESPO has published 285 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 28 CPV divisions, most often furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances.

Across 146 awarded contracts the median value is £13.9m.

Its published awards total £20.3bn.

How to win their contracts

Measured from ESPO's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 87 of their tenders.
They publish about 4.4 tenders a month, measured over 64 months of history.
Half of their 146 awarded contracts are worth £13.9m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances, musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials, petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy.
Their most frequent suppliers are ABM Facility Services UK Limited (2), Arco Limited (2), Broxap Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
704FC11/25-01 Further competition under ESPO Framework 704_2...	ASPENS-SERVICES LIMITED	12 May 2026	£8.3m
192_27 Supply of Mains Gas	TOTALENERGIES GAS & POWER LIMITED	18 December 2025	£400m
319_23 Staff Benefits	Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited	1 August 2023	£200m
628_23 Security Surveillance Equipment and Services	Advanced Signal Monitoring Ltd	31 July 2023	£120m
175_23 Catering Disposables	Bright Ideas Marketing Limited	5 July 2023	£937.5k
985B_23 Occupational Health Services	BHSF Occupational Health Limited	29 June 2023	£100m

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
ABM Facility Services UK Limited	2	£550m
Arco Limited	2	£100.8m
Broxap Limited	2	£92m
AGS One Ltd	2	£29m
Anthony Peters Manufacturing Company Limited	2	£5.4m