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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.
We are establishing a catalogue framework for the supply of Musical Instruments and associated products for ESPO stock and for direct delivery to end user establishments.
The Framework is divided into 3 lots.
Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 04 September 2026.
To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed):
(a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 286_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen).
Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
| Lot | Title | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supply of Musical InstrumentsLot 1 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to percussion packs, glockenspiels, chime bars, xylophones, world music, bongos, drums and accessories, ocarinas and ocarina resources, guitars and guitar accessories, keyboards, pianos and accessories, brass, woodwind and string instruments, electrical equipment for music and music stands and storage all for use in educational environments. Goods for delivery to ESPO, Leicester, or direct delivery to individual customer establishments. | £500,000 |
| 2 | Musical Instrument EssentialsLot 2 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to glockenspiels, tuned percussion tubes, djembes, recorders and ukuleles all for use in educational environments. Goods for delivery to ESPO, Leicester, or direct delivery to individual customer establishments. | £233,333 |
| 3 | Smartbuy Musical InstrumentLot 3 is for the supply of musical instruments including but not limited to percussion packs, tambourines, castanets, triangles, claves, tuned percussion tubes, recorders and ukuleles all for use in educational environments. Goods for direct delivery to individual customer establishments. |
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| £100,000 |