Notice Information
Notice Title
C403527 Laundry service
Notice Description
Provision of healthcare laundry management services for the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The contract includes the collection, processing, hygienic laundering, finishing, and delivery of Trust owned linen to all required clinical and non clinical areas. The service also includes the application and management of item level tagging identifiers, together with the provision of asset tracking data and associated reporting. All services must be delivered in accordance with HTM 01 04 standards, meet the performance levels and KPIs specified in the contract documentation, and be supplied consistently to support the Trust's operational and clinical needs.
Planning Information
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to engage with potential suppliers with the capability to deliver the required service. This process aims to gather insights from the market, encourage participation, and ensure that suppliers are informed about the forthcoming opportunity. Please contact: t.parsonage@nhs.net by 05/12/2025 to participate in preliminary market engagement with a view to developing the requirements and preparing for the tender documents. The Trust may amend dates or scope as necessary. Participation does not constitute pre-qualification of any future Procurement opportunity.
Procurement Information
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust conducted an open, above-threshold procurement process via Atamis (reference C403527) for the provision of a wash and return laundry service, including item-level asset tagging. The procurement was undertaken in accordance with the relevant public procurement legislation and the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions. The process was conducted fairly, transparently, and in a non-discriminatory manner. All bidders were treated equally, and no supplier was disadvantaged at any stage of the competition. To support early market awareness and encourage competition, the Trust published a UK2 Pre-Market Engagement Notice on the Find a Tender Service in advance of issuing the tender. Pre-market engagement activity was undertaken to inform the specification and raise awareness of the opportunity among potential providers. Following completion of the open procedure, only one compliant tender was received. The bid was fully evaluated in accordance with the published evaluation criteria and was confirmed as compliant with the technical, commercial, and mandatory requirements of the procurement documents. Given that a full and compliant open competition has been undertaken, the opportunity was openly advertised and subject to pre-market engagement, only one compliant tender was received, the submitted bid meets the Trust's requirements and represents value for money the Trust considers it proportionate and justified to proceed by way of Direct Award under the relevant provisions of PA23. Proceeding in this manner will ensure continuity of a critical patient-facing support service and will enable a compliant contract to be in place ahead of the expiry of the current arrangement on 31 March 2026. Failure to award at this stage would present an unacceptable operational and clinical risk to the Trust.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e95e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013126-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98311000 - Laundry-collection services
98311100 - Laundry-management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,132,044 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,046,981 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 11 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 12 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- simon.corbet3@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHESTER
- Postcode
- CH2 1UL
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Electoral Ward
- Upton
- Westminster Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013126-2026
12th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013112-2026
12th February 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077316-2025
26th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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