Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 28 Aug 2025, 19:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Decarbonisation Engineering Services Main Works at London Wing, Croydon Hospital

Official notice

Authority: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (Central government)

WorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£6,000,000≈ £2.5m / year · £7,200,000 inc. VAT6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 29 Sept 2025awarded 15 Oct 2025
Award (standstill) to Alternative Heat Ltd.
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 22 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Decarbonisation Engineering Services Main Works at London Wing, Croydon Hospital

This procurement is being run as an open FTS procedure under PA23.

The procurement process is described in detail in the Instructions to Tenderers (ITT) document.

The tender submission deadline is 10am on 29th Sep.

The clarification deadline is 5pm on 22nd Sep.

Site visits should be arranged with Jake Patching - [email protected] (NB no dot between jake and patching).

Please download the tender documents ASAP and assess whether you wish to bid.

If you cannot access the documents at all or are having a problem with the Atamis Tender Portal, e-mail me direct outside the portal.

If you have a problem with only some of the documents or have a clarification question, send me a message over the Atamis portal.

If you have accessed this competition via Contract Finder or FTS, then you should note that the competition is being run on the NHS

  • No preliminary market engagement: Funding for this project was only received one week ago and there are extremely tight project timelines. Therefore there was no time to submit a pre-procurement market engagement notice.

CPV: Building construction work · Electrical engineering installation works · Hospital facilities construction work · Mechanical engineering installation works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrs 5 moSMEPublished value£6,000,000
Contract period: 22 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 5 mo)Value: £6,000,000 exc. VAT · £7,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See ITT Document

  • Technical & professional ability

    See ITT Document

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: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Commercial: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Commercial: Tender Price
  • Quality
  • Social Value
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    See ITT Document

  • Technical & professional ability

    See ITT Document

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Works
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Aug 2025, 19:41 BST
Last source update
16 Oct 2025, 09:51 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 8 Oct 2025
Authority reference
C385596
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052226
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workElectrical engineering installation worksHospital facilities construction workMechanical engineering installation works
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058fd8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
29 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline
22 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Aug 2025 → 27 Oct 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 19:41 BST
  2. Clarification questions by398 days ago
    22 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline391 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by382 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Assessment summaries sent376 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published374 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 09:51 BST
  7. Contract starts369 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Standstill ends363 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 19:41 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    16 Oct 2025, 09:51 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Oct 2025, 09:51 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,360,2641 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alternative Heat Ltd.Decarbonisation Engineering Services Main Works to London Wing at Croydon Hosp1 Nov 2025 – 7 Feb 2028£6,360,26415 Oct 2025standstill to 27 Oct 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one10—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPHP-9287-GXBV Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, London, CR7 7YEContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Alternative Heat LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: NI054205 Unit 18 - 19 Scarva Road Industrial Estate, Scarva Road, Banbridge, NI, BT32 3QD, NIContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender