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Commercial Laundry

Buyer: Southern Housing →

BuyerSouthern Housing
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published1 May 2026

What is being bought

Southern Housing is undertaking preliminary market engagement to better understand delivery models available within the market for the operation of on‑site commercial laundry facilities. The engagement relates to a services concession model, under which a service provider would typically supply, install, operate, maintain and replace laundry equipment, with service users making payment directly to the operator. This engagement is intended solely to inform internal decision‑making regarding potential future procurement options. It is not a call for competition and does not commit Southern Housing to any future contracting or procurement activity. No pricing, commercial offers, or bids are being sought as part of this engagement.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Categories

Laundry-operation services 98311200

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Dec 2026 to 30 Nov 2034

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Laundry-operation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 98. The category anchor is Laundry-operation services (98311200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 982,2533 median · 72.3 average (727 of 2,253 with a bid count)3.6 average (787 of 2,253 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC962 median · 25.9 average (29 of 96 with a bid count)1.7 average (31 of 96 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeconcession
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
This notice relates to preliminary market engagement only in relation to a potential services concession for the operation of on‑site commercial laundry facilities. The purpose of the engagement is to understand available service delivery models, commercial structures and any market constraints. No pricing, bids or commercial offers are being sought at this stage. Engagement will be undertaken via a short online questionnaire. There are no in‑person events, site visits, or supplier briefings associated with this engagement. Interested organisations are invited to submit responses by completing the questionnaire available at the link below by 15th May 2026. No clarification questions are anticipated, and no additional engagement events or correspondence will be held as part of this preliminary market engagement. This engagement does not form part of a procurement process and will not result in the award of any contract. Questionnaire link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=65pJY5SH20ulFMNhlpTJ6nUkQbGbDa1KpB5Tlu1f_VJUN0ZLM1BMNkYzTlo5VkEyT1laSlY3WFQ5Si4uengagement15 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069022
Latest release ID040422-2026
Latest release timestampFri May 01 2026 10:49:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 May 2026planning040422-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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