Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 16 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ATLS Course Venue & Accommodation Package

Official notice

Authority: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitableAccelerated
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£300,000≈ £300k / year · £360,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2025awarded 23 Jul 2025
Awarded to The Old Swan2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of hire of venue to run 22 courses per year over a 17 week period each yearRunning costs for ATLS course 22 courses throughout a 12 month period.

The UK ATLS programme is the largest in the world outside the USA and trains over 4500 doctors and ACPs annually. The course is updated every four years, and this requires all 1000 UK instructors to undergo recertification in the new materials.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Education and training services · Event services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£300,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr) · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensionsValue: £300,000 exc. VAT · £360,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: 1 x 12 month extension x 2

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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Questionnaire 2: 50%
  • Questionnaire 3 - Commercial Questionnaire: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Questionnaire 2: Questionnaire 2 - Technical Questionnaire Scored Responses
  • Questionnaire 3 - Commercial Questionnaire
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Awarded
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
Yes · next expected 14 Jul 2025
First published
16 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
Last source update
15 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 30 Jun 2025
Authority reference
C380906
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030499
Accelerated
Qualifying planned procurement notice
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesEvent services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503b5 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
24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
  2. Next notice expected
    19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published
    6 Jun 2025, 11:05 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent
    24 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    15 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
  9. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2025
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 10:19 BST
    UK3
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 10:25 BST
    UK3
  3. Tender notice published
    6 Jun 2025, 11:05 BST
    UK4
  4. Status changed to active
    6 Jun 2025, 11:05 BST
  5. Deadline moved to 24 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
    6 Jun 2025, 11:05 BST
    +25 days · was 30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  6. Tender notice published
    9 Jun 2025, 14:10 BST
    UK4
  7. Tender notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 16:18 BST
    UK4
  8. Contract award notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 10:42 BST
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2025, 10:42 BST
  10. Contract signature expected
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  11. Contract details notice published
    15 Aug 2025, 11:26 BST
    UK7
Published amendments (4)

additional details we included Venue hire fully comprehensive package

Correction to recurring procurement

Supplier details are description

Supplier details are description

Routine re-releases (8)
  • 2025-06: 3 releases · 6 Jun 2025, 10 Jun 2025
  • 2025-04: 2 releases · 16 Apr 2025, 16 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £250,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Old SwanSME1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028Extensions: 12 months + 12 Months£250,00023 Jul 2025Awarded
The Old SwanSME£250,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • ATLS Course Venue & Accommodation Package · The Old SwanSME

    Signed
    15 Aug 2025
    Value
    £250,000
    Period
    1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    12 months + 12 months

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNQG-8433-QXBP Great George Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 3EXContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • The Old SwanAwarded supplier Classic Lodges, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 8RYContact email, phone
  • The Old SwanAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PDNN-8271-YHHZ Classic Lodges, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 8RYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (8)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender