Official UK procurement notice
C440968 Supply of Linen ONLY
Authority: 2Gether Support Solutions Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe wish to appoint a single source supplier to supply Linen to East Kent Laundry Services
CPV: Hospital linen
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Service Provider will provide linen/uniforms as required and agreed with the…Published value£1,188,004
The Service Provider will provide linen/uniforms as required and agreed with the Contracting Authority. <br/><br/>Service Provider will ensure that they are maintained to the level specified within Department of Health Technical Memorandum HTM 01-04. <br/><br/>The required linen products include, but are not limited to, the following standard and specialised healthcare items detailed in specification. Additional information: The required linen products include, but<br/>are not limited to, the following<br/>standard and specialized healthcare<br/>items:<br/>Thermal Throws: Must be fully flame<br/>retardant to UK healthcare standards.<br/>Laundry Bags: Heavy-duty, color coded, and compatible with industrialNightdresses, nightshirts, and pajama<br/>tops and bottoms. Specialized<br/>Garments: X-ray gowns featuring openback designs.<br/>Standard Linen: General ward linen,<br/>sheets, and pillowcases as required.<br/>3. Key Objectives Assess market<br/>capacity to meet high-volume NHS<br/>demands. Gather feedback on current<br/>material lead times and supply chain<br/>stability.<br/>Understand supplier capabilities<br/>regarding sustainability and carbon<br/>reduction goals.<br/>Evaluate options for stock<br/>management, electronic tracking, and<br/>quality control.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £593,595 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Textile household articles (CPV 3951), and who usually turns up
2Gether Support Solutions Limited has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Textile household articles (CPV 3951) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 40 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–320%
4–660%
7+20%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate20%
Within ±2%65%
Above estimate15%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1The Service Provider will provide linen/uniforms as required and agreed with the…CPV 3951Published estimate£1.2m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–325%
4–662%
7+8%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 13 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£1.2m
Estimate£1.2m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £4.3m1 awards in 36m · last 12 months ago | 1 live · £4.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £3.5m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
Banner Group Limited Large | £19m9 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| £18m8 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £12m4 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Oct 2026, 09:36 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 09:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Oct 2026 – …
- Authority reference
C440968- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097731- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078914Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
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- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Timeline
16 Oct 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Notice published1 day ago16 Oct 2026, 09:36 BST
- Bids opened1 day ago16 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
- Today17 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 25 days11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 76 days1 Jan 2027
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.