Official UK procurement notice
Bed Management Service - North Cumbria Integrated Care
Authority: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVia the use of a Competitive Flexible Procedure, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust wish to enter into a contact with a suitably qualified provide for the Provision of a comprehensive Bed Management Service covering the maintenance, repair, decontamination, asset tracking, specialist rental equipment, lifecycle support and associated management services for beds, mattresses and related equipment across North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust sites. The proposed contract term is 5 years, with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years (5 + 1 + 1).
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 10 Oct 2029, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: There will be two parts to this tender. Phase 1 will be scored on quality, cost and social value. Phase 2 will be done virtual presentation and demonstrations.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
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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 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 (4)
- Quality: 30%
- Presentation: 25%
- Cost: 35%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality
- Presentation
- Cost
- Social Value
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust buys Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment (CPV 5042), and who usually turns up
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment (CPV 5042) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in North West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 35 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 11%
2–350% / 47%
4–650% / 39%
7+0% / 3%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate25%
Within ±2%75%
Above estimate0%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 5042Published estimate£1.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 131 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–335%
4–621%
7+33%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Yes · next expected 10 Oct 2029
- First published
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
C483140- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098445- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078aacFind a Tender
- How it runs
There will be two parts to this tender. Phase 1 will be scored on quality, cost and social value. Phase 2 will be done virtual presentation and demonstrations.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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: [email protected]
Timeline
19 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Planning notice published1 day ago19 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 10 days29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions byin 27 days16 Nov 2026, 15:30 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 43 days2 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 99 days26 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 163 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published19 Oct 2026, 12:30 BSTUK3
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender