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How to win: Catering Equipment, Laundry/Dishwashers, Refrigeration PPM & Reactive Maintenance

A services contract from KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, worth £550,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Value

£550,000

Closing date

21 January 2027

About this contract

Lot 1 Catering Equipment, Lot 2 Laundry/Dishwashers, Lot 3 Refrigeration PPM & Reactive Maintenance. These are activity based and activity is not guaranteed.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £550,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: it closes 21 January 2027 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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