Official UK procurement notice
Washing Machines in Hostels
Authority: London Borough of Croydon (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council outsources laundry services that provides commercial washing and dryer machines to residents at 3 Hostel sites all based within the London Borough of Croydon.
CPV: Washing machines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2025, 09:32 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2025, 09:32 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051444- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058e2dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Aug 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published27 Aug 2025, 09:32 BST
- Market engagement8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Market Appraisal for Washing Machine Contract in Hostels
The Council outsources laundry services that provides commercial washing and dryer machines to residents at 3 Hostel sites all based within the London Borough of Croydon.
The hostels are general needs accommodation for single people and families. Provision is required for 338 flats in total across all 3 sites. The current provision is approx. 15 washing machines and 15 dryers. This is a popular, income-generating service where the Council will receive a share of profits.
This is not an invitation to tender exercise. This is a pre-market engagement to invite potential Suppliers who have experience in working with local authorities to take part in this preliminary exercise to help inform the Council on the development of our service specification.
The long term strategy is to re-procure this service for a minimum 5-year renewal contract. See the following questions to be given to the market:
- Do you have any experience in supplying and operating in a temporary accommodation environment?
- Do you have any experience in working in an environment with vulnerable residents?
- Are you an experienced provider of Commercial Washing Machines & Commercial dryers?
- Is there sufficient resource to manage the service and engage with residents to manage the 15 washing machines and 15 dryers on a 24/7 basis?
- How long would it take you to source these machines?
- What payment methods do you use for your machines?
- How often do you service your machines?
- How long will the warranty be for the machines? What is the expected life for these machines?
- In the event of a required repair, what is the normal timeframe?
- Do you consider a 5 year contract to be sufficient for this type of contract; if not what contract would you recommend? What impact would this have on any profit/revenue share?
Interested providers are invited to send a detailed expression of interest in response to the questions on Intend in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/aspx/… ↗.
- Tender notice expected17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Aug 2025, 09:32 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender