Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 Oct 2025, 13:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Water and Sewerage (Including Trade Effluent) Services to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£12,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 16 Jun 2028 · up to 16 Jun 2031 with extensions · starts 17 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Client) is conducting this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise regarding the provision of a contract for supply of water and wastewater services to its property located in the geographic counties of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire (The Goods). The contract is required to ensure the provision of potable (i.e. drinking) water as well as wastewater including, but not limited to, sewerage, roads and property drainage and trade effluent services in accordance with relevant standards and legislation.

The purpose of this PME exercise is to gauge interest from the market, understand its capability to Provide the Goods, mitigate potential barriers to SME's where practical, 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.

CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Operation of water supplies · Repair and maintenance services of water meters · Water distribution and related services · Water meters

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 17 Jun 2026 – 16 Jun 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 16 Jun 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
Goods
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
21 Oct 2025, 13:48 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
Authority reference
C396405
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067114
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancyOperation of water suppliesRepair and maintenance services of water metersWater distribution and related servicesWater meters
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 Oct 2025 → 17 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published372 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 13:48 BST
  2. Market engagement348 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Suppliers are invited to download the PME document via the Client's 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 expected241 days ago
    1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts134 days ago
    17 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 13:48 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Amendment to the title

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 (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure