Official UK procurement notice
Winter Gritting and Snow Clearance
Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWinter Gritting and Snow Clearance For Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - including Community Sites
CPV: Grounds maintenance services · Snow-clearing services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£250,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 2 of them · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Northern General Hospital CampusAwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000
- Combined Winter Services: Full gritting, salt treatment, and snow clearance services
- Service Areas Include:
o Accident & Emergency / Major Trauma Department access routes (Blue Light routes)
o Cardio-thoracic Department (Chesterman building) access routes
o Helipad area (automated heating system - no rock salt/grit on landing surface)
o Primary thoroughfares for patient, public, visitor and staff access
o All designated car parks and pedestrian areas
o Emergency access routes and building entrances
- Technical & professional ability
All conditions are stated in the Tender Documents
Lot #2Central Campus (Royal Hallamshire Hospital)AwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000
- Combined Winter Services: Full gritting, salt treatment, and snow clearance services
- Locations Include:
o Royal Hallamshire Hospital main site
o Weston Park Hospital
o Jessop Wing
o Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
- Service Areas Include:
o Main hospital access routes
o Patient and visitor circulation areas
o Emergency access routes
o Specialist department access areas
o All designated car parks and pedestrian areas
- Technical & professional ability
All conditions are stated in the Tender Documents
Lot #3Community PropertiesAwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000
- Combined Winter Services: Full gritting, salt treatment, and snow clearance services
- Service Areas Include:
o Main access routes to healthcare facilities
o Patient and visitor access areas
o Emergency service access routes
o All designated car parks and pedestrian areas
- Technical & professional ability
All conditions are stated in the Tender Documents
Lot #4Complete Trust PackageAwardedRenewalPublished value£0
- Combined Winter Services: Full gritting, salt treatment, and snow clearance services across ALL Trust locations
- Includes: All areas covered in Lots 1, 2, and 3
- Benefits: Integrated service delivery across the entire Trust estate with coordinated response and resource deployment
- Technical & professional ability
All conditions are stated in the Tender Documents
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial: Questionnaire 2 - commercial
- Technical: Questionnaire 1 - Supplier Tender Return
- Technical & professional ability
All conditions are stated in the Tender Documents
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2025, 13:25 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 17:27 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Sept 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043461- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056712Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 Days arrears
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 13:25 BST
- Clarification questions by12 Aug 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published364 days ago28 Oct 2025, 17:27 GMT
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 13:25 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published28 Oct 2025, 17:27 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete28 Oct 2025, 17:27 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across several lots1 award | |||
| supplier not published | — | 27 Oct 2025 | CancelledIn accordance with Section 55 of the Procurement Act 2023, this notice formally confirms the termination of the procurement process for tender notice 2025/S 000-043461. Following a comprehensive and careful evaluation on 27th October 2025, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have determined that the financial budget allocated to this procurement is insufficient to enable the award of a contract that fulfils the current specification. Consequently, due to these affordability constraints, the procurement process cannot proceed in its present form. This notice is issued in strict accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 and Regulation 37 of the Procurement Regulations 2024. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender