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Published 20 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Fire Door Inspections (Lot 1) and Fire Door Remedial Work (Lot 2)

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Client) is conducting this PME exercise regarding the provision of a contract for both planned inspections and any reactive services (E.g. repairs, including any replacement required identified via the preceding inspection), of the existing fire door assets.

The contract is required to ensure the relevant effective passive fire protection measures are in place across the Client’s buildings to assist in preventing the spread of smoke and flames in the event of a building fire.

The fire door survey shall identify defects or maintenance needs of the Client’s fire door assets. To mitigate any potential conflict of interest risk, the Client is considering splitting the contract into Lots:

  • Lot 1: Fire Door Inspections
  • Lot 2: Fire Door Remedial Work

Therefore, the Contractor appointed to Lot 1 would not be required to perform any repairs noted in the survey; its purpose is solely to highlight assets or parts thereof requiring attention. The Client would appoint a separate Contractor under Lot 2 to complete any remedial works.

The purpose of this exercise is to gauge interest from the market, understand its capability to deliver the service and seek your views to inform any eventual procurement exercise undertaken by the Client. The objective is to identify and mitigate any potential issues to help ensure a “right first time” approach to any eventual procurement exercise.

CPV: Building-inspection services · Technical inspection and testing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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
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
20 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST
Last source update
20 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST
Authority reference
C396216
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066859
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building-inspection servicesTechnical inspection and testing services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d020 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Oct 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published373 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST
  2. Market engagement348 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Suppliers are invited to download the PME document via the e-Tendering portal for more information:

    health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

    Included within the document is a brief questionnaire. Suppliers are encouraged to respond to these questions which will help inform and shape the procurement process.

    If you have any problems with the Electronic Portal., you should contact the helpdesk on 0800 9956035 or by sending an email to support-health@atamis.co.uk . The helpline is open Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm excluding public and bank holidays.

  3. Tender notice expected269 days ago
    1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts58 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Oct 2025, 16:48 BST
    UK2

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

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVQC-9261-WGRM City Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG5 1PBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure