Washing and dry-cleaning services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 98310000·Services · class·in Community & Cultural Services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 23 lots from 18 competitions run by 17 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 43 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
3 of 6 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Laundry Services | Overalls & Work Mats | Wrexham County Borough Council | 30 Nov 2026 | 24d | £50,000 |
| Provision of Linen and Laundry Services | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 18 Nov 2026 | 12d | £22,674,088 |
| Linen and Laundry Services Tender Notice | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 2 Dec 2026 | 27d | £120,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
98311100 Laundry-management services82 notices · 47%98311000 Laundry-collection services67 notices · 38%98311200 Laundry-operation services62 notices · 35%98310000 Washing and dry-cleaning services21 notices · 12%98312000 Textile-cleaning services2 notices · 1%- Other services 82 · 12m
- Accommodation and office services 81 · 12m
- Funeral and related services 78 · 12m
- Civic-amenity services 68 · 12m
- Membership organisation services 65 · 12m
- Dog kennel services 59 · 12m
- Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations 42 · 12m
- Miscellaneous membership organisations services 41 · 12m
- Miscellaneous services 28 · 12m
- Physical well-being services 17 · 12m
- All of Community & Cultural Services →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government38%(62 notices)
62 of 164 notices are Central government (38%).Education & universities21%(35 notices)
35 of 164 notices are Education & universities (21%).Local authorities15%(24 notices)
24 of 164 notices are Local authorities (15%).Police, fire & emergency9%(14 notices)
14 of 164 notices are Police, fire & emergency (9%).NHS & health7%(12 notices)
12 of 164 notices are NHS & health (7%).Not classified10%(17 notices)
17 of 164 notices are Not classified (10%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Caledonian Sleeper Limited | not classified | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | Other public bodies | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University | Education & universities | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service | Central government | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Synchronicity Care Ltd | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Kent | Education & universities | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | Local authorities | 2 | 2 | 1 |
135 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 126 of 176 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract81%(143 notices)
143 of 176 notices are Contract (81%).Framework16%(29 notices)
29 of 176 notices are Framework (16%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(4 notices)
4 of 176 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open49%(87 notices)
87 of 176 notices are Open (49%).Route not published24%(43 notices)
43 of 176 notices are Route not published (24%).Limited / restricted10%(18 notices)
18 of 176 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).Selective9%(15 notices)
15 of 176 notices are Selective (9%).Direct award7%(13 notices)
13 of 176 notices are Direct award (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold59%(24 notices)
24 of 41 notices are Above threshold (59%).Below threshold41%(17 notices)
17 of 41 notices are Below threshold (41%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (79) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid26%(6)
6 of 23 lots fall in 1 bid (26%).2–339%(9)
9 of 23 lots fall in 2–3 (39%).4–635%(8)
8 of 23 lots fall in 4–6 (35%).7 or more0%(0)
0 of 23 lots fall in 7 or more (0%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 23 lots from 18 competitions run by 17 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
47 of 73 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 6 more are call-offs or give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
27 SME bids out of 60, on 22 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
8 of 36 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
3 of 79 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 7 lots from 6 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 117 awards to 57 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 43% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Elis UK Ltd | 20 | 23 | 8 | 19 |
| Washco | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Salisbury Trading Limited | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Micronclean Limited | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| JLA Ltd | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Synergy Health Managed Services Ltd | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Express Linen Services | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Aberdeen Laundry Services | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 76 of 176 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in washing and dry-cleaning services
6 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Linen and Laundry Services | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 18 Nov 2026 | 12d | £22,674,088 |
| Provision of Laundry Services | Overalls & Work Mats | Wrexham County Borough Council | 30 Nov 2026 | 24d | £50,000 |
| Linen and Laundry Services Tender Notice | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 2 Dec 2026 | 27d | £120,000,000 ceiling |
| Linen and Laundry DPS | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 19 May 2027 | 194d | £5,840,000,000 ceiling |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 9831. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.