Official UK procurement notice
Workwear & PPE Pre-Procurement Market Engagement
Authority: Southern Housing (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Uniform, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Provision of an online portal for ordering these items
CPV: Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 9 Oct 2025, 16:17 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069285- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac00Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published385 days ago9 Oct 2025, 16:17 BST
- Latest notice published365 days ago29 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Market engagement349 days ago14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
This notice is not a formal invitation for expressions of interest. Southern Housing is issuing this request for information to gather early insight and feedback from the market on this opportunity.
Responding to this Pre-Procurement Market Engagement is optional and will not affect your chances in future bidding. Southern Housing will conduct the procurement process in full compliance with the Public Procurement Regulations 2015 (PCR2015) and the Procurement Act 2023.
We are sharing key information about this opportunity and seeking your valuable knowledge, feedback, and insights in the following areas:
- Provision of Uniform
- Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Online portals for ordering, catalogues of items and budget management
- Geographical Coverage
- Common Challenges
- Technology
- Pricing
For more information please refer to the information document attached in this notice and complete the questionnaire.
Link to notice and files on mytenders:
www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_v… ↗
If any issues with link, search ref: OCT170369 on Mytenders notice search
- Tender notice expected271 days ago31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts212 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Oct 2025, 16:17 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Oct 2025, 13:00 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Notice deadline has been extended to 14/10/25 Link to notice on mytenders updated as there have been some access issues
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender