Official UK procurement notice
Servicing and Maintenance of Medical Gas Pipeline Systems
Authority: Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Trust) is conducting this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise regarding the provision of a contract for both planned servicing and maintenance, testing as well as any reactive servicing, of its medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) at Nottingham City Hospital. The contract is required to ensure the Trust complies with Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 02-01 as well as applicable standards and relevant legislation.
The purpose of this PME exercise is to gauge interest from the market, understand its capability to deliver the Services and seek your views to inform any eventual procurement exercise undertaken by the Trust.
The objective is to identify and mitigate any potential issues to help ensure a “right first time” approach to any eventual procurement exercise.
- How the procedure runs: The Trust has yet to fully establish the parameters of its Competitive Flexible Procedure. In addition to the tender stage, it is likely the procedure will require suppliers to meet minimum requirements on a pass/fail basis before being invited to take part in a site visit(s) and subsequently submit a tender.
CPV: Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£1,000,000 together)Lot #1Nottingham City HospitalPlannedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Servicing and maintenance of the MGPS at Nottingham City Hospital
Lot #2Queen's Medical CentrePlannedRenewalPublished value£500,000
Servicing and Maintenance of the MGPS at the Queen's Medical Centre
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).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
- 11 Aug 2025, 14:15 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2025, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
C381791- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047661- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e7d6Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Trust has yet to fully establish the parameters of its Competitive Flexible Procedure. In addition to the tender stage, it is likely the procedure will require suppliers to meet minimum requirements on a pass/fail basis before being invited to take part in a site visit(s) and subsequently submit a tender.
- Risks
The value of any contract exceeding the estimated values in the tender notice(s) as a result of: - no of call outs exceeding those estimated in the tender documents. - additional MGPS systems brought into scope of the contract (e.g. MGPS systems installed at the property following completion of a separate building project, or additional sites coming into scope as a result of any requirement to collaborate with the Trust's wider Integrated Care Board (ICB).
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Feb 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published25 Feb 2025, 15:24 GMT
- Latest notice published11 Aug 2025, 14:15 BST
- Market engagement12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
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.
- Tender notice expected363 days ago30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline327 days ago5 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts150 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 25 Feb 2025- Planned procurement notice published25 Feb 2025, 15:24 GMTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Aug 2025, 14:15 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender