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Published 7 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Detergent Dosing System — UK public procurement notice

Authority: NHS Tayside (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline 9 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 32d 19h left

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Detergent Dosing System

CPV: Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1As detailed within the specification, the procurement is for the supply, installation,…Renewal
As detailed within the specification, the procurement is for the supply, installation, commissioning, maintenance and chemical provision of a fully managed laundry dosing system for Tayside Linen Services. The contract is expected to commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial five-year term, with an option to extend for up to a further five years. This is a business-critical requirement supporting continuous healthcare linen processing, infection prevention standards, operational resilience and regulatory compliance.
Delivery: Scotland · Ninewells
Extensions
Further 60 Months
Variant bids
not allowed
Electronic catalogue
required
42900000 Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability
    As per Specification
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How NHS Tayside runs Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery (CPV 4290) tenders for its clients — and who usually turns up

NHS Tayside procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery (CPV 4290) →

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How the contest usually goes

This buyer’s published record next to the market where the work is delivered — contested contracts only, counted per lot

Question for the bid
This buyerNHS Tayside · all its clients
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-size awards · market: division 42, n=76
1 of 143 of 76

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 Scotland.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no locations · market: division 42, n=65
—62%

Winner locations not published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Scotland.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no dates · market: n=4
—78 days

Half of these awards were announced within 78 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 2 of 4 awarded contracts without a rival · market: n=88
2 of 427 of 88

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer4 lots with bid counts · all categories · too few to chart
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The market83 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 42
16% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid16%
Market: 13 of 83 lots with published bid counts.
2–339%
Market: 32 of 83 lots with published bid counts.
4–630%
Market: 25 of 83 lots with published bid counts.
7+16%
Market: 13 of 83 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo matched awards
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The market26 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 42
35% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate35%
Market: 9 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%46%
Market: 12 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate19%
Market: 5 of 26 lots with an estimate and award.
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors — from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1As detailed within the specification, the procurement is for the supply, installation,…CPV 4290 59 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
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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.

The bar shows 83 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—16% single-bid risk
Past bids on 83 similar lots
1 bid16%
13 of 83 similar past lots received 1 bid (16%).
2–339%
32 of 83 similar past lots received 2–3 (39%).
4–630%
25 of 83 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+16%
13 of 83 similar past lots received 7+ (16%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the winning price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A guide, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueMatch
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
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Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
  • Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
  • “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
7 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT — …
Authority reference
CON03526
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078304
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32915. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: (SC Ref:845108)

How to participate & submission route

Submit via Public Contracts Scotland
Submission portal named on this notice: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
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Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice publishedearlier today
    7 Oct 2026, 15:28 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 33 days
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids openedin 33 days
    9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid untilin 176 days
    1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST

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

NHS Tayside

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 9SY +44 1382660111 Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dundee Sherriff CourtReview body Dundee

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria