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Published 21 Aug 2025, 12:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Facilities Management · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: HealthTrust Europe LLP

Framework agreementServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 12 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 1 Apr 2030 · starts 2 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Facilities Management (FM) solutions including all premarket consultancy and design, specification creation, hard FM requirements, soft FM requirements, service, support and any other requirements necessary for successful implementation and delivery. To include but not limited to:

Hard FM: physical materials of a building - Building Maintenance; Lighting; Plumbing; Heating; CCTV Systems; Fire Safety; Alarms etc.

Soft FM: make the workplace a better place to be in - Pest Control; Cleaning Services; Grounds Maintenance; Security Services; Catering; Waste; Janitorial Services; Window Cleaning; Car Parking, etc.

And all associated Goods and Services.

CPV: Facilities management services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 2 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Facilities Management” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
21 Aug 2025, 12:38 BST
Last source update
21 Aug 2025, 12:50 BST
Authority reference
PR-4908
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050518
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Facilities management services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058c14 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

21 Aug 2025 → 2 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 12:38 BST
  2. Market engagement361 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    HealthTrust Europe (HTE) intends to engage with the market to understand the requirements of Public Sector Bodies and offerings from Suppliers within the Facilities Management Category.

    The engagement will be conducted initially by way of Supplier Webinar. Each supplier that has expressed an interest to take part in this pre-market engagement will be invited to the Webinar whereby HTE will provide an overview of HTE, market information gathered and intentions for offering. Suppliers will then be invited to provide feedback by way of a Survey. Meetings may be held with Suppliers to gain further details and clarity, which my be virtual or face-to-face.

    Date & Time of Supplier Webinar: Thursday 9th October 2025, 2.00pm

    It is intended that this will be recorded and therefore provided to Suppliers unable to attend the Webinar on the day. By registering your interest arrangements can be made to share the webinar with suppliers.

    The engagement exercise aims to establish the following

    • Developing the requirements and approach to the procurement;
    • Designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria;
    • Preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents;
    • Identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required;
    • Identify likely contractual terms; and
    • Building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded.

    Expressions of Interest should be made to: [email protected]

  3. Tender notice expected288 days ago
    12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts209 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Aug 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 12:38 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 Aug 2025, 12:50 BST
    UK2

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

2 public bodies on the notice

Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RAJ Nether Mayne, Basildon, East of England, SS16 5NLContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • HealthTrust Europe LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityOn 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.GB-COH: OC358224 Birmingham, West MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure