Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes
Details
- Buyer
- NHS Supply Chain
- Supplier(s)
- Value
- £160,000,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes
- Published
- 4 May 2020
- Source
- TedNotices
Tender description
NHS Supply Chain — Hotel services has established a framework agreement for the supply of paper hygiene products comprising of hand towels, centrefeed, couch roll, facial tissue and toilet tissue. As the main provider into the NHS, we estimate the contract value per annum to be between GBP 30 000 000 to GBP 40 000 000 depending on customer requirements (between GBP 120 000 000 to GBP 160 000 000 over 4 years). We are awarding a 4-year framework duration. The products are to be supplied to NHS Supply Chain - hotel services depots via the stock and eDirect routes. Own label paper dispensers and own label paper products are identified as developmental areas of the framework agreement. To supply a range of paper hand towel sleeves to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of paper hand towel rolls to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of centrefeed rolls to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of facial tissues to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of couch rolls and wipers to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of jumbo toilet tissue to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of bulk pack and conventional toilet tissue to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of system toilet tissue to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of NHS own label paper hygiene products to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment. To supply a range of NHS own label paper hygiene products to fulfil the generic requirements within the healthcare environment.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date19 February 2020
- Completed: Award published4 May 2020Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date29 January 2024
About the buyer
NHS Supply Chain buys as a central healthcare organisation, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited on behalf of NHS England. Suppliers tender through the Jaggaer eProcurement portal, and opportunities above threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Successful bids are listed on framework agreements managed by category teams. The NHS Core List aggregates trust demand into national contracts for standard commodities. Category teams coordinate key supply markets with NHS England and clinical networks. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Supply Chain's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, food and drink and furniture and furnishings.
Relevant CPV codes
- 33760000 · Toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand towels and serviettes
- 33761000 · Toilet paper
- 33763000 · Paper hand towels
- 33772000 · Disposable paper products
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov |
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