Official UK procurement notice
THH - Medical Gas Pipeline Maintenance Combined Sites
Authority: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of planned preventative maintenance, servicing, testing, reactive maintenance and emergency support for medical gas pipeline systems at Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Direct Award to SHJ Hospital Pipelines Limited, trading as SHJ Medical & Lab Gas Specialists, for the provision of medical gas pipeline maintenance services across Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The services include four planned preventative maintenance visits per site per year, annual servicing of associated plant, LEV testing where required, reactive maintenance and 24-hour emergency support with a four-hour attendance and initial assessment requirement. The contract will run for an initial period of 36 months from 21 September 2026 to 20 September 2029, with two optional extensions of 12 months each. Additional information: The contract was awarded through NHS Shared Business Services’ Hard Facilities Management 2 Framework Agreement, reference SBS10166, Lot 8.5 – Air Compressors and Medical Gas Pipelines. The initial 36-month contract value is £178,573.71 excluding VAT. The maximum value, including both optional extensions, is £306,700.34 excluding VAT.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Sept 2026, 14:04 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 14:04 BST
- Authority reference
C469427- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087794- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fb34Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The contract was awarded through the direct award provisions of the NHS Shared Business Services Hard Facilities Management 2 Framework Agreement, reference SBS10166, Lot 8.5. The framework was established following a compliant procurement process and permits participating authorities to make a direct award in accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 087794-2026-1
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2026
- Value
- £306,700
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- S.H.J. Hospital Pipelines LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.