Official UK procurement notice
National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner
Authority: Loughborough University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLoughborough University, on behalf of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine – East Midlands (NCSEM-EM), is conducting pre-market engagement to explore viable healthcare partnership models for expanding clinical services, diagnostic imaging, and sport and exercise medicine provision at our Olympic legacy facility.
We seek market intelligence to inform whether to proceed to formal procurement and, if so, how best to structure specifications, commercial models, and procurement approach.
Partnership with healthcare provider(s) to operate and/or expand:
•Clinical services: Sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, orthopaedics
•Diagnostic imaging: 3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm fluoroscopy
•Operating model
Purpose-built facility at Loughborough University campus:
•11 clinical consulting rooms (~1,500 sq ft)
•343 sq m rehabilitation/gait laboratory
•Advanced diagnostic suite (3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm)
•Reception, IT infrastructure, security, parking
Any partner must:
•Hold (or be able to obtain) CQC registration for proposed services
•Demonstrate alignment with sport and exercise medicine focus (not general acute healthcare)
•Contribute to teaching / Research
This is an academic healthcare partnership, not a purely commercial tenancy.
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CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Loughborough University buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
Loughborough University’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 54 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid7% / 14%
2–336% / 40%
4–621% / 21%
7+36% / 24%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate21% / 42%
Within ±2%43% / 48%
Above estimate36% / 10%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8510Published estimate£6.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 42 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–340%
4–621%
7+24%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:31 GMT
- Authority reference
LU01021- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027677- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067492Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Mar 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published217 days ago26 Mar 2026, 09:31 GMT
- Market engagement187 days ago24 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
How to Participate:
- Access the Pre-Market Engagement Document:
The full Pre-Market Engagement (PME) document, including detailed background, scope, questions for providers, and submission requirements, is available via the Delta eSourcing platform.
To access:
•Visit the Delta eSourcing portal : www.delta-esourcing.com ↗
•Register as a supplier if you have not already done so
•Search for this opportunity using the access code: ZBJ86Z66CZ
•Download the PME document and associated materials
- Review and Respond:
Please review the PME document carefully and provide comprehensive written responses to all questions. The PME document covers:
•About your organization
•Market interest and strategic fit
•Proposed clinical services and patient populations
•Financial model and commercial viability
•Teaching and research contributions
•Space, facilities, and operational requirements
•Governance, quality assurance, and partnership arrangements
•Risks, concerns, and potential deal-breakers
•Procurement approach preferences
•Learning from previous similar partnerships
- Submit Your Response:
Deadline: 17:00 BST on 24 April 2026
Submission method: Via the Delta eSourcing portal only.
Following the closure of the PME period:
Analysis:
•We will analyze all responses received to assess market appetite, viability, and optimal procurement approach
•We may contact respondents for follow-up discussions or clarifications (but are under no obligation to do so)
Decision:
•We will decide whether to proceed with a formal procurement, and if so, what procurement route and structure to adopt
•The intelligence gathered through PME will inform the development of formal tender documentation (if we proceed)
If we proceed to formal procurement:
•A separate tender notice (Contract Notice) will be published on Find a Tender Service
•Formal procurement will follow the Procurement Act 2023 requirements
•The formal procurement will be open to all eligible providers, including those who did not participate in PME
Participation in, or non-participation in, the engagement does not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement, and is not a condition of participation in the future tender.
Deadline for PME Return: 24/04/26 (12 noon)
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 63 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Mar 2026, 09:31 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender