23_27 Cleaning Chemicals and Hand Soaps

Buyer

Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO

Estimated value

£7m

Location

East Midlands

Deadline

13 November 2026

Published

28 October 2026

Category

Cleaning and polishing products

Trade

Medical equipment and supplies · Furniture and furnishings

Suitable for SMEs

Not flagged

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In plain English

Leicestershire County Council’s ESPO department seeks suppliers for cleaning chemicals and hand soaps for resale via its catalogue. The framework is divided into four lots, with the tender submission deadline extended to 12:00 on 13 November 2026.

Description from the notice

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 has been extended to 12:00 (12 noon / 12pm) on 13 November 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.