Official UK procurement notice
Contract for the Provision of Hoist Maintenance, Service and Ad Hoc Repairs
Authority: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Synchronicity Care Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSynchronicity Care Ltd on behalf of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a qualified provider to deliver planned maintenance, statutory LOLER examinations, and reactive repair services for the Trust's lifting equipment and patient handling accessories.- could this be wrote rather than medical devices as it may be confusing with the other advert)
The contract includes:
Two 6‑monthly service and maintenance visits across all Trust sites
One annual LOLER weight test and maintenance service
One annual LOLER visual inspection and maintenance service
Two 6‑monthly patient sling examinations
Monday-Friday breakdown and repair call‑out provision
An Open Competitive procurement procedure is to be utilised and will not include an e-auction. Further details regarding this tender can be found in the tender documentation available via the Atamis portal.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 20 Jul 2031, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£120,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 (8)
- Capability and Capacity: 15%
- Risk Management: 5%
- Partnership Working: 10%
- Innovation: 5%
- Implementation Plan: 5%
- Price: 45%
- Social Value: 10%
- Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
- Capability and Capacity
- Risk Management
- Partnership Working
- Sustainability
- Innovation
- Implementation Plan
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 40 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 20 Jul 2031
- First published
- 11 Aug 2026, 14:37 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 14:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
C459594- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076288- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e17dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Aug 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published79 days ago11 Aug 2026, 14:37 BST
- Clarification questions by57 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline52 days ago7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by28 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts28 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 14:37 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- SYNCHRONICITY CARE LTDProcuring entityDelivery Partner
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender