Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 28 May 2025, 16:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NOE CPC Laundry and Linen Services Total Solutions II

Authority: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1,000,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 30 Apr 2029 · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the development of a replacement framework for its existing Laundry and Linen Services Total Solutions (NOE.0572) framework, serving the NHS and the wider public sector.

The new Framework will comprise a complete solution that caters for both inhouse and outsourced laundry and linen service models.

It will include a broad range of services including but not limited to General Patient Laundry and Linen Service (Hired and Trust Owned), CE Marked Barrier Theatre Textiles (Hired and Trust Owned), Managed Services, Consultancy/Training, Installation, Repairs and Maintenance of Laundry Equipment, Provision of Commercial Laundry Equipment (Purchase and Lease), Provision of Industrial Laundry Equipment (Purchase and Lease).

CPV: Bed linen · Dispensers · Drying and pressing unit · Drying machines · Hospital linen · Industrial machinery · Installation services (except software) · Installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines · Laundry supplies · Laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines · Laundry-management services · Laundry-operation services · +6 more

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 May 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2027 – 30 Apr 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Apr 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
What this means for your bid
  • “NOE CPC Laundry and Linen Services Total Solutions II” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust buys Washing and dry-cleaning services (CPV 9831), and who usually turns up

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Washing and dry-cleaning services (CPV 9831) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bidWhat 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: 162 of 445 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
36%—

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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 26 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
12%—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.

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 decision dates published · market: no decision dates published
——

No decision dates published to compare.

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.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 8 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: no bid counts or routes published
——

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

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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 #1CPV 983124 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.0bn
Expected competition
i

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. The bar shows 126 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet20% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 126 similar lots
1 bid20%
25 of 126 similar past lots received 1 bid (20%).
2–331%
39 of 126 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–616%
20 of 126 similar past lots received 4–6 (16%).
7+33%
42 of 126 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 May 2025, 16:51 BST
Last source update
23 Apr 2026, 16:31 BST
Authority reference
NOE.0572
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037271
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Bed linenDispensersDrying and pressing unitDrying machinesHospital linenIndustrial machineryInstallation services (except software)Installation services of laundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machinesLaundry suppliesLaundry washing, dry-cleaning and drying machines
+8 moreLaundry-management servicesLaundry-operation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052857 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

28 May 2025 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 May 2025, 16:51 BST
  2. Latest notice published182 days ago
    23 Apr 2026, 16:31 BST
  3. Market engagement176 days ago
    29 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    NOE CPC is inviting feedback from the market to help inform the development of a replacement framework for Laundry and Linen Total Solutions.

    We invite bidders to participate by completing a pre-market engagement survey. Please register your interest in participating by emailing to [email protected]. Please state ‘Laundry and Linen Pre Market Engagement’ in the subject heading.

    NOE CPC intends to hold one‑to‑one engagement sessions with interested suppliers to explore key themes and findings in more detail. Notes will be taken during these sessions. Please indicate at the end of the survey if you would like to participate in a session.

    This is not a call for competition and is being conducted without prejudice to any future procurement process.

    Any feedback received during this pre market engagement will be used for information purposes only. Feedback will not be evaluated or scored, and it will have no bearing on any potential future tender exercise or contract award.

    The deadline for completion is: Friday 17th April 2026.

  4. Tender notice expected21 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 190 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    28 May 2025, 16:51 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £1,000,000,000
    26 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
    was £2,710,000,000
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Apr 2026, 16:31 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Extension of deadline.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, trading as North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative ("NOE CPC")

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PTJM-6566-YTJZ Don Valley House, Savile Street East, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S4 7UQContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure