Official UK procurement notice
CTCRM Laundry Rental procurement
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCTCRM requires to hire 30 Commercial Washing Machines and 30 Commercial Tumble Dryers for an initial one year period, with the option to extend for a total of three years.
CPV: Drying machines · Laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£50,850
- Condition of participation
Completed tenderers response form will be expected to be returned prior to evaluation
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).
- Financial: Full details of the Financial Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Technical: Full details of the Technical Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Condition of participation
Completed tenderers response form will be expected to be returned prior to evaluation
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £101,700 (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
How Ministry of Defence buys Machinery for textiles (CPV 4271), and who usually turns up
Ministry of Defence’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Machinery for textiles (CPV 4271) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
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.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in South East England.
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 50 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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 bid20% / 0%
2–320% / 33%
4–660% / 67%
7+0% / 0%
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 estimate61% / 80%
Within ±2%23% / 20%
Above estimate16% / 0%
Assess each lot i
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.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 4271Published estimate£51k
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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 bid24%
2–315%
4–660%
7+1%
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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 1 comparable award. 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%£40k–£48k
Estimate£51k
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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| JLA LtdWorked for this buyer | Commercial Washing Machines and Stackable Commercial Dryersnotice published Mar 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Southern Contracts (Shipping) LimitedWorked for this buyer | Contract Modification - 709315450 - PROCUREMENT OF WASHING MACHINES AND DRYERS FOR THE ROYAL NAVYnotice published Jun 2024 | 709315450 - PROCUREMENT OF WASHING MACHINES AND DRYERS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY | — | Similar wording and category |
| Southern Contracts LimitedWorked for this buyer | 136268.25notice published Jan 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
WashcoSME | £1.4m4 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £3.5m 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. | 24% below n=3 |
| £708k6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £413k 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. | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.2m12 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 9 live · £16m 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. | 15% below n=6 | |
| £96k1 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | 1 live · £96k 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. | no comparable pairs | |
| £976k4 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | 15% above n=1 |
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 earlier-work matches 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
- Authority reference
715984492- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099068- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078bfcFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Defence Sourcing Portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 4 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders must be submitted through the Defence Sourcing Portal at contracts.mod.uk ↗
Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 20 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago20 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 7 days28 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 14 days4 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 30 days20 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published20 Oct 2026, 14:36 BSTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Response form for suppliers to return their submissions on
- Bidding documents and specifications Details of the tender including Schedule of Requirements
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender