Commercial Laundry Equipment and Maintenance

Places for People Group are seeking to appoint a sole provider of commercial laundry equipment and maintenance services and as such, wish to form a contract that will be utilised and owned by Places for People Group and their Group subsidiaries. Places for People Group have identified their requirements for commercial laundry equipment and associated services, encompassing the needs of Places for People Group properties and all other Group companies (including future acquisitions).

The successful Tenderer will need to be able to supply nationally across all UK postcodes for all elements of the Commercial Laundry requirements, as listed below:

•Commercial Washing Equipment

•Commercial Dryer Equipment

•Duct Cleaning (a standard service to applicable equipment)

•Commercial Laundry Equipment Payment Systems

•Asset Management (including a customer portal asset interface)

•Commercial Laundry Equipment Servicing and Maintenance

•Commercial Laundry Equipment Consultancy (including new/existing site technical surveys)

•Commercial Laundry Equipment Project Management (including the project management for transition of existing assets and associated contracts)

The successful Tenderer, either directly or via their fully managed supply chain partners, will provide a one stop shop for all the commercial laundry equipment requirements outlined in the tender documents.

It will be the responsibility of the selected Tenderer to implement the goods and services working in collaboration with Places for People Group.

The aim of this contract is to work with the successful Tenderer to manage this commodity area in a holistic and strategic way. An imperative deliverable of the contract is the effective transition of the existing asset estate from numerous incumbent suppliers to one sole supplier i.e. the successful Tenderer, and the successful Tenderer’s account management will be key to managing this transition proactively with a focus on ease and simplicity for our Customers and Colleagues. In order to achieve this, the successful Tenderer will need to consider the role of working strategically with Places for People Group, conducting a full survey of the estate, providing ongoing consultation on existing and new requirements and working collaboratively with Places for People Group to drive value for money.