Official UK procurement notice
Estate Services Facilities Management
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform its procurement and commercial strategy for a future Total Facilities Management (TFM) contract.
NHSBT currently operates a multi-supplier facilities management model, with separate contracts for services including cleaning, planned and reactive maintenance, security, grounds maintenance and waste management.
NHSBT is considering a transition to an integrated TFM model in order to support:
- consistent service standards across approximately 85 sites;
- improved operational efficiency and resilience;
- simplified governance and accountability; and
- enhanced value for money through integrated service delivery.
NHSBT is also seeking insight into a Facilities Management (FM) platform to support service delivery under an NEC4-based contractual framework. This includes support contract administration, performance management, asset data integration, workflow automation, and collaborative working in alignment with NEC4 principles.
The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to:
- Gauge market interest and capacity
- Understand supplier experience and capability
- Explore innovative delivery models and best practice
- Inform the development of the procurement and contract approach
- Identify opportunities to improve service delivery, value for money, social value, and sustainability outcomes
- Understand lessons learned from comparable contracts and projects
Pre-market engagement may take a variety of forms, including but not limited to:
-Supplier questionnaires or Requests for Information (RFIs)
-One-to-one supplier meetings
-Supplier engagement days or market briefing events
-Site visits and estate tours
-Workshops and presentations
-Discussions regarding supplier experience of delivering NEC4 Facilities Management Contracts
-Demonstrations of systems, technology, or innovation solutions
-Written feedback on proposed service models, specifications, KPIs, or commercial arrangements
-Any other forms of engagement considered appropriate to support the development of the procurement strategy and requirements
This engagement is intended to help inform the shape of the opportunity and should not be taken to indicate that NHSBT has selected any particular solution, structure or supplier approach.
CPV: Air freshener · Ancillary building services · Canteen and catering services · Cleaning services · Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services · Computer facilities management services · Facilities management services · Fire-alarm systems · Generator units · Grounds maintenance services · Pest-control services · +4 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 25 Sept 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
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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).
- “Estate Services Facilities Management” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS Blood and Transplant buys Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999), and who usually turns up
NHS Blood and Transplant’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 7999) →
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.
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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 South West England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South 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 95 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.
Both shares are minimums: 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 bid52% / 5%
2–313% / 20%
4–629% / 15%
7+6% / 60%
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.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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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 7999Published estimate£200m
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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 20 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–320%
4–615%
7+60%
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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.
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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.
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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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2026, 15:38 BST
- Authority reference
C423584- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067374- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0612efFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
30 Jan 2026 → 25 Sept 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published263 days ago30 Jan 2026, 12:37 GMT
- Latest notice published96 days ago16 Jul 2026, 15:38 BST
- Market engagement69 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary. It will not form part of any formal procurement process or evaluation, and a supplier’s participation or non-participation will not in itself advantage or disadvantage that supplier in any subsequent procurement.
NHSBT will take appropriate steps to maintain a level playing field. All relevant non-confidential information arising from this engagement, including any presentation materials, clarifications, questions and answers, and appropriate summary outputs, will be shared appropriately with the wider market. Where information is identified as confidential or commercially sensitive, NHSBT will treat that information accordingly and will not disclose it other than where permitted or required to do so.
This notice does not constitute a call for competition and does not commit NHSBT to commence any procurement or award any contract. Any future procurement will be subject to the publication of the relevant notice(s) and procurement documents.
All information currently provided is indicative only and subject to change. NHSBT reserves the right to amend the scope, structure, value and timetable of any future procurement, or not to proceed at all.
Suppliers shall bear their own costs and expenses incurred in connection with participation in this preliminary market engagement
Suppliers who are interested in participating in the pre-market engagement exercise are invited to express their interest in our webinar session by contacting: [email protected]
Please include:
Organisation name
Main contact details
List of contacts you would like added to the webinar invite
Brief overview of your relevant experience and capability (no more than 100 words)
Experience delivering Total Facilities Management services, including NEC4 FM contracts where applicable (no more than 100 words)
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 76 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts25 Sept 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2026- Pipeline notice published30 Jan 2026, 12:37 GMTUK1
- Pipeline notice published2 Feb 2026, 13:17 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Jul 2026, 15:38 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
additional CPV codes added and start date amended
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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender