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Published 1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

STH - External Debt Collection Services

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£140,000≈ £73k / year · £168,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Oct 2026
Contract term 1 yr 11 moends 13 Nov 2028 · up to 13 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 14 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of External Debt Collection Agency Services

  • No preliminary market engagement: UK-0392 already published initially.

CPV: Collection agency services · Law-courts-related administrative services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yr 11 moSMEVCSEPublished value£140,000
Contract period: 14 Dec 2026 – 13 Nov 2028 (1 yr 11 mo) · up to 13 Nov 2030 with extensionsValue: £140,000 exc. VAT · £168,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The initial contract term shall be 2 years with the potential for 2(1+1) Years in Contract extension.
75231100 Law-courts-related administrative services79940000 Collection agency services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 45%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Questionnaire: 45%
  • Commercial Questionnaire: 45%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Commercial Questionnaire
  • Technical Questionnaire
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
Authority reference
C474624
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092884
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Collection agency servicesLaw-courts-related administrative services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077eb3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published25 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
  2. Clarification questions by12 days ago
    14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline15h ago
    26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
  4. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  5. Award decision expected byin 27 days
    23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 47 days
    14 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYZV-3517-VQCJ Herries Road,, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S5 7AUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender