Official UK procurement notice
Early Supported Discharge-Out of Hospital Parental Antimicrobial Treatment (OPAT)
Authority: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG3)
Final published estimate£1,000,000initial estimate £1,040,000 · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Jun 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUniversity Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking a provider to support the provision of a out of hospital parenteral antimicrobial treatment (OPAT) service within a community setting. <br/>The provider will be expected to support administration of parenteral antimicrobials, monitoring observations, line care, highlighting any issues/side effects, phlebotomy including blood cultures, communication with the UHB OPAT team and participation with virtual rounds.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PSR Competitive ProcessRenewalPublished value£100,000
PSR Competitive Process.<br/>University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking a provider to support the provision of a out of hospital parenteral antimicrobial treatment (OPAT) service within a community setting. <br/>The provider will be expected to support administration of parenteral antimicrobials, monitoring observations, line care, highlighting any issues/side effects, phlebotomy including blood cultures, communication with the UHB OPAT team and participation with virtual rounds.
- Extensions
- 3 x 12 months
- Variant bids
- not allowed
85323000 Community health services
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).
Conditions of participation1
- SuitabilityPlease see tender documents: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST — …
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0693f7
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
How it was run
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
8 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published142 days ago7 May 2026, 18:20 BST
- Market engagement135 days ago14 May 2026, 23:59 BST
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement exercise and intention to issue a tender opportunity for the provision of a out of hospital parenteral antimicrobial treatment service within a community setting. Prior to initiating the more…
procurement, the authorities wish to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process by engaging with Provider (s) for feedback regarding service delivery, financial model and draft specification. Provider (s) who express interest can access a copy of the pre-engagement packs as well as the draft service specification on Atamis, to which the authorities welcome feedback and comments by 12:00pm on the 14/05/2026 as there is a planned virtual Provider meeting organised for the 18/05/2026. The Trust invite Provider(s) to confirm their interest through the Atamis portal by 12:00 on the 14/05/2026 following which will be invited to a virtual meeting on the 18th May 2026 (dates are not flexibles and individual times/days to be agreed on the 14/05/2026) which will comprise of a presentation and Q&A. The route to market for this service falls in-scope of the Provider Selection Regime with the specific procedure(s) to be confirmed. Any questions asked by Provider(s) must be submitted thorough the Atamis portal only and the Trust will publish anonymised questions plus responses through the same. The closing date for questions is 12 noon 14/05/2026. Please be advised that this notice is not a formal call for competition and participation in this pre-market engagement day is voluntary. All information provided to the Provider(s) by BSOL Procurement shall be regarded as confidential and used only to prepare a response to this market engagement. - Tender notice expected117 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published4 days ago22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Bids opened4 days ago22 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
- Contract startsin 4 days1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 9 days6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid untilin 219 days3 May 2027, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2026- Published value updated to £1,000,00022 Sept 2026, 15:24 BSTwas £1,040,000
- Status changed to active22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Buyer details updated22 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 May 2026, 18:20 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
Notices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender