White Goods & Wider Essentials - Crisis Resilience Fund

Cheshire East Council
North West
Open procedure
1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027

Provision of white goods and wider essential household items across the borough to support crisis resilience initiatives. The service involves the procurement and distribution of goods to eligible residents, requiring logistics capabilities for borough-wide delivery. This soft market testing exercise is intended to inform the final service design and procurement strategy for the upcoming contract period.

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Awarded value: £500k; As published
Published: 15 December 2025
Awarded: 26 August 2026; Changing Lives Together
Contract length: 6 months; Ends 31 March 2027

What the contract covers

Goods contract

Supply and delivery of white goods and essential household items to support local authority crisis resilience and welfare assistance programmes.

Provision of white goods, wider essentials and related services across the borough

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 2	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Goods contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 12 months
Extensions: 24 months
Longest it can run: 36 months
Contract dates: 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 2
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Goods
CPV codes: 39000000

Services in this contract

Household goods and support packs for residents in needMain service£250k typicalWhite goods and bedding essentials for residents in crisis

Lifecycle

Published
15 December 2025
Contract awardedto Changing Lives Together
26 August 2026
Contract starts
1 October 2026
Contract ends
31 March 2027

The buyer

Cheshire East Council

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The supplier

Changing Lives Together

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/339692/white-goods-and-wider-essentials-crisis-resilience-fund
Buyer reference: C5086/C5968
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f56a
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Cheshire East Council. White Goods & Wider Essentials - Crisis Resilience Fund. Contract award, 15 December 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/339692/white-goods-and-wider-essentials-crisis-resilience-fund (accessed 5 November 2026).