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title: "EEM Ltd PPE & Workwear Framework Market Engagement"
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buyer: "EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED"
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# EEM Ltd PPE & Workwear Framework Market Engagement

Buyer: EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a272fed9-5947-4b19-a5d7-d036aaa0e903

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## Summary

Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM Ltd) is in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "EEM Ltd PPE & Workwear Framework Market Engagement." The procurement, which falls under the industry category of "Occupational clothing, special workwear, and accessories," pertains to a comprehensive framework that will support EEM's members, including social housing providers, local authorities, blue light services, and education and health-related organisations. The market engagement exercise ends on 5th December 2023, with the actual tender pack to be released in January 2024. Key regions covered include England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, reflecting EEM Ltd's wide geographical outreach for supplying PPE and other safety equipment.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially SMEs and VCSEs, as the procurement process is designed to support these types of organisations. Enterprises involved in manufacturing or supplying occupational clothing, safety equipment, and related accessories are well-suited to participate. Companies can contribute their insights by completing the market engagement questionnaire, which helps shape the ensuing tender specifications. By engaging in this process, businesses can position themselves to potentially secure a place on a critical framework that promises consistent demand from a broad range of public sector clients.

## Notice

Efficiency East Midlands Ltd (EEM) is a procurement consortium which establishes and manages a range of framework agreements. Our members include organisations providing services to the whole public sector including social housing providers, local authorities, blue light services and education and health related organisations. Efficiency East Midlands (EEM Ltd) is releasing this prior information notice to inform the market of our intention to establish an comprehensive PPE Framework. The framework is a new framework based on demand from members to support with their PPE and other safety equipment requirements and will replace our existing PPE and Site Equipment Framework (EEM0023) that is due to expire in May 2024. For further information please visit our website: https://eem.org.uk/ We are conducting a market engagement exercise as part of the process for the renewal of our existing PPE Framework that expires in May 2024. The answers we receive within this questionnaire will help us with the preparation of the tender pack. As part of our market engagement we are looking for suppliers to answer our market engagement questionnaire attached to this notice, we encourage and welcome suppliers to complete and return the questionnaire via email to rosie@eem.org.uk. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me on the above email. Please respond by Tuesday 5th December 14:00 We would like to remind you that this is a market engagement exercise and is not a live tender or contract. the tender pack will be released in January 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2653866d-bca2-42ec-8ea2-fcad998f190e |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Sep 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 5 Dec 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED |
| Locality | ALFRETON |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE55 2DS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF12 East Derbyshire |
| Local authority | Bolsover |
| Electoral ward | South Normanton East |
| Westminster constituency | Bolsover |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLN Northern Ireland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

### Codes

- 18100000 - Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories
- 18200000 - Outerwear
- 18330000 - T-shirts and shirts
- 18424300 - Disposable gloves
- 18440000 - Hats and headgear
- 18830000 - Protective footwear
- 18840000 - Parts of footwear
- 33141420 - Surgical gloves
- 33141623 - First-aid boxes
- 33734000 - Spectacles
- 33735000 - Goggles
- 33760000 - Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes
- 33770000 - Paper sanitary
- 34928470 - Signage
- 35111000 - Firefighting equipment
- 35112000 - Rescue and emergency equipment
- 35113100 - Site-safety equipment
- 35113300 - Safety installations
- 35113400 - Protective and safety clothing
- 35113430 - Safety vests
- 35113440 - Reflective vests
- 35113450 - Protective coats or ponchos
- 35113470 - Protective shirts or pants
- 35113490 - Protective frock
- 35200000 - Police equipment
- 35800000 - Individual and support equipment
- 39312000 - Food-preparation equipment
- 39314000 - Industrial kitchen equipment
- 39330000 - Disinfection equipment
- 39514400 - Automatic towel dispensers
- 39561000 - Tulle, lace, narrow-woven fabrics, trimmings and embroidery
- 39830000 - Cleaning products

## Release History

- 9 Sep 2024 at 07:42 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2653866d-bca2-42ec-8ea2-fcad998f190e
- 23 Nov 2023 at 09:16 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2653866d-bca2-42ec-8ea2-fcad998f190e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2653866d-bca2-42ec-8ea2-fcad998f190e
  9th September 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b4cf8ef4-198f-4d5a-9565-663a98b9d764

## Notice URLs

- https://eem.org.uk/

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