Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Clothing and PPE
Authority: AFFINITY WATER LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAffinity Water has a requirement for the provision of Corporate Clothing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and associated safety products across the business.
The scope is expected to include (but not limited too):
- Corporate Clothing, branded workwear and role-specific uniforms.
- General and specialist PPE, including safety footwear, high-visibility clothing, protective gloves, head protection, eye and hearing protection, and weatherproof clothing.
- Associated safety products and consumables, including sun protection products where required.
- Inclusive product ranges, including appropriate sizing, female-specific PPE and maternity wear.
- Lightweight and seasonal clothing options, including suitable products for operational teams working in hot weather, alongside access to new fabrics and clothing technologies.
- Product branding, embroidery, printing and personalisation.
- Product fitting, sizing support, samples and wearer trials where required.
- An online ordering solution, including a punch-out catalogue integrated with Affinity Water's procurement system.
- Stock management, order fulfilment, delivery, returns and replacement arrangements.
- Sustainable sourcing, recycling and responsible end-of-life disposal, including the secure disposal of branded clothing.
- Management information, expenditure reporting, account management and performance monitoring.
- How the procedure runs: Selection questionnaire (SQ) submissions will be scored in accordance with the criteria defined in the SQ documentation. Tenderer's will be provided with a minimum period of three weeks to prepare and submit their Selection Questionnaire (SQ) response. Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT). Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person). Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderer's and/or request best and final offers The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT.
CPV: Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£900,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 30%
- Commercial: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Technical
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2026, 12:40 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 12:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jun 2027
- Authority reference
C-04481- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083446- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f13bFind a Tender
- How it runs
Selection questionnaire (SQ) submissions will be scored in accordance with the criteria defined in the SQ documentation.
Tenderer's will be provided with a minimum period of three weeks to prepare and submit their Selection Questionnaire (SQ) response.
Suppliers that are shortlisted will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the invitation to tender (ITT).
Tender submissions will be evaluated and clarification meetings conducted (virtually or in person).
Affinity Water may negotiate with tenderer's and/or request best and final offers
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded the agreement according to the percentage weightings and criteria set out in the ITT.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Selection questionnaire (SQ) documents will be issued after the registration closing date.
Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically.
All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please Register on our e-procurement portal In-tend (located here: intendhost.co.uk/affinitywater ↗).
Please note: If you wish to submit a bid for this requirement, you must register on Intend via the website above. Suppliers who are not registered will be unable to participate in the procurement process. The Selection Questionnaire (SQ) documentation will be issued after the closing date of this notice.
Timeline
3 Sept 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published49 days ago3 Sept 2026, 12:40 BST
- Submission deadline28 days ago24 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 223 days1 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 314 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 12:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Please note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically. All documents and communications will be managed through the Affinity Water etendering portal called 'In-tend'. If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the steps below: 1 - Register on ou…
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender