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Cheshire and Merseyside ICS - Linen and Laundry Services

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 01:28.

Opportunity overview

Linen and Laundry Services including collection, wash, finish, return and linen hire. The service includes processing (wash and finish), transportation (collection and return) and linen hire (inc. mops) service. Service Requirements include: • A linen hire service. • Processing (wash and finish) service for hired linen and/ or Participating Authority’s owned linen. • Linen and laundry transportation (collection and delivery) service to and from Participating Authority site locations/ designated pick up and drop off points. • Express Service (collection, wash, finish, and return) for Participating Authority’s owned linen where requested. • Any other product or service that is determined to be within scope of linen and laundry services

Classification

  • CPV39518000 — Hospital linen

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PR-3917
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Sept 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD6
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD62
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
39518000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Hospital linen

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
020568-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
12 May 2025, 15:22

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
12 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
Cheshire and Merseyside ICS (the ICS) has engaged the services of HealthTrust Europe (HTE), to support in the renewal of Linen and Laundry Service contracts. The engagement will be conducted through meetings. Each supplier that has expressed an interest to take part in this pre-market engagement will receive a Supplier Briefing Pack which contains details of the Contracting Authorities in scope, overview of current position, current linen requirements, Agenda for the meeting and issues the Trusts intend to overcome through the resulting procurement. Suppliers will be invited to a meeting to present to stakeholders from the Contracting Authority and HealthTrust Europe. Date of Pre-Market Engagement Meetings: Wednesday 11th June 2025and Thursday 12th June 2025 Venue: TBC Time of Meetings: To be arranged directly with Supplier Representatives from the Trusts: This will include representatives from Procurement, Facilities and Linen Services across the Trusts. Representatives from the Supplier: No more than 2 representatives – names to be provided prior to arrival The engagement exercises aims to establish the following * Developing the authority’s requirements and approach to the procurement; * Designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria; * Preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents; * Identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required; * Identify likely contractual terms; and * Building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded. Expression of Interest should be made to: demelza.leadbetter@htepg.com

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-RW4
Name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD71
Country
GB
Locality
Prescot
Postal Code
L34 1PJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
V7 Building, Kings Business Park

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RW4
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-NHS-RBL
Name
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD74
Country
GB
Locality
Wirral
Postal Code
CH49 5PE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Arrowe Park Road, Upton

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RBL
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-NHS-RWW
Name
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD61
Country
GB
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA5 1QG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Lovely Lane

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RWW
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-NHS-RJR
Name
Countess of Chester

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD63
Country
GB
Locality
Chester
Postal Code
CH2 1HJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Countess Of Chester Health Park

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RJR
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 5
Id
GB-NHS-RBS
Name
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD72
Country
GB
Locality
Liverpool
Postal Code
L12 2AP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Eaton Road, West Derby

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RBS
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 6
Id
GB-NHS-RBQ
Name
Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD72
Country
GB
Locality
Liverpool
Postal Code
L14 3PE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Thomas Drive

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RBQ
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 7
Id
GB-NHS-RBN
Name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD71
Country
GB
Locality
Prescot
Postal Code
L35 5DR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
RBN
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Organisation 8
Id
GB-COH-OC358224
Name
HealthTrust Europe LLP
Role Details
On 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B15 1NU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
19 George Road

Details

Identifier

Id
OC358224
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Customer Care
Telephone
08458875000

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Prescot · UKD71 · L34 1PJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD62 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD6 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-051131-2025-05-12T15:22:00+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·