Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps
Issued by Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · via UK Find a Tender Service
- Published
- 18 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 19 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC
- Value
- GBP 7,000,000
- Reference
- 23_27
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Sector
- Chemicals & Materials
- Type
- goods
Details
ESPO is a trading department of Leicestershire County Council. It is a non-profit making body owned and operated jointly by six local authorities. We provide a catalogue range, providing our customers with access to over 28,000 products that cover all key areas of education and wider public sector requirements. We are establishing a catalogue framework covering the supply of cleaning chemicals and hand soaps, including branded, unbranded and private label (ESPO Smartbuy) cleaning chemical and hand soap products. All products are for resale via the ESPO Catalogue. The Framework is divided into 4 lots. Please refer to the tender documents for any further details (including further details on each of the lots) - the closing date for submission of Tenders is 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 19 October 2026. To tender (please proceed to step (e) if an expression of interest has already been completed): (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract e.g., via https://procontract.due-north.com/Register); (c) Search for tender opportunity 23_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal, or alternatively via searching on https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index); (d) Express an interest; (e) Download the tender documents (from the ProContract Activity summary screen). Any questions or clarifications relating to this tender opportunity should be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal, once an Expression of interest has been completed.
Context for bidders
We hold 9 notices from Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO, going back to August 2026 — 8 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, IT & Telecom and Chemicals & Materials. There are 3 open Chemicals & Materials tenders in United Kingdom. This one closes in 31 days.
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Documents
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- Watch for corrigenda and clarifications right up to the deadline — requirements and dates can change.
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