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Published 28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Private Patient Unit · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University Hospital Southampton (Education)·On behalf of: WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITED

Services
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Nov 2029 · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) is seeking a private hospital operator to grow private patient revenues and develop a purpose-built Private Patient Unit (PPU) at Southampton General Hospital (SGH). A procurement process may begin in mid-spring 2025 to identify a JV partner to operate and manage the PPU under a profit-share arrangement. Prospective partners must bring investment and resources, and UHS may explore collaborations with other Trusts.

CPV: Outpatient care services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK, South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT
Last source update
9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
Authority reference
WPL05125
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020007
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Outpatient care services
Delivery area
UKSouth East (UKJ32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e896 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Feb 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    26 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST

    Interested parties must register their interest in the event, including the names and contact details of each attendee. To note, attendance is limited to a maximum of four people per provider. There will be an opportunity to book a site tour and to independently meet the team at the event, further itinerary details will follow. Please register via the Atamis Portal ( atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ ) to view further information and register for the event. The deadline for participation requests in the market engagement exercise is 12 noon on 28th March 2025 At this point in the process, potentially interested parties are asked to not approach UHS staff to discuss this potential opportunity. If there are specific clarifications required on the opportunity, please address these through the contact details in this notice. Following this market engagement process:

    • UHS may decide to embark on a process to procure a JV partner; or
    • UHS may decide not to commence such a procurement process. UHS asks the market to appreciate that the main reasons for this engagement are to understand market interest, view of the opportunity and potential commercial arrangements that would be acceptable in the market, given the scale and the ambitions of the project outlined in the supporting documents. Should the Trust pursue a process to procure a partner, it will be issuing contractual terms against which bidders will be assessed. Therefore, providing a response will assist with the Trust in developing such terms. UHS also wish to confirm that anything discussed during the market engagement process will not have a bearing on the evaluation of parties during any subsequent process or give any indication of acceptance or commitment to a particular approach. UHS shall have no liability for any costs howsoever incurred by those participating in this market engagement process.
  3. Latest notice published
    9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
  4. Tender notice expected
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT
    UK2
  2. Pipeline notice published
    9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
    UK1
  3. Buyer details updated
    9 May 2025, 11:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RHM · GB-PPON: PTRZ-1736-CQVH Tremona Road, Southampton, South East, SO16 6YDContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProviding procurement services for the contracting authorityGB-COH: 11986173GB-PPON: PYMB-5152-DMDG Southampton, South EastContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure