Official UK procurement notice
Building Safety Act Principle Designer Cath Lab 3 Refurbishment
Authority: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority has a requirement for Principal Designer Services to take the lead in planning, managing, monitoring and coordinating health and safety during the pre-construction (design and planning stage) and during construction stages for the Cath Lab 3 refurbishment.
The Authority wishes to engage with a principal designer to work closely with the project team, coordinating the work of others and ensuring significant and foreseeable risks are managed throughout the design process.
The Authority wishes to engage with a principal designer to work closely with the project team, coordinating the work of others and ensuring significant and foreseeable risks are managed throughout the design process.
The Project
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) are to replacing their existing Cardiac Catheter Laboratory medical equipment and refurbishing the existing facilities within Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (Cath Lab No.3) at 4th floor level of the East Wing of the St Thomas’ Hospital site.
The Project has been designed and prepared to completion of RIBA 4.
CPV: Architectural design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£250,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 50%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 11 May 2026, 11:20 BST
- Last source update
- 15 May 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
C445546- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045029- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069568Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days from receipt of a valid invoice.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Contracting Authority is utilising an electronic Tendering system (“E-Tendering Portal”) to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications with the Contracting Authority, including the submission of Tender responses will be conducted solely via the following link:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
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Timeline
11 May 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published170 days ago11 May 2026, 11:20 BST
- Next notice expected167 days ago13 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published166 days ago15 May 2026, 15:58 BST
- Clarification questions by141 days ago9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline141 days ago9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by118 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts88 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2026- Planned procurement notice published11 May 2026, 11:20 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 15:58 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 May 2026, 15:58 BST
- Deadline moved to 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST15 May 2026, 15:58 BST+1 days · was 8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 16:00 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender