Official UK procurement notice
Installation RO Equipment and Plate Heat Exchangers
Authority: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Works comprise the full design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover of a replacement water softening plant and reverse osmosis (RO) plant, together with all associated pipework alterations, valves, controls, and ancillaries, to achieve full operational integration with the existing HSSD infrastructure. The scope also includes the decommissioning and removal of existing gas-fired boilers serving the system and their replacement with steam-to-LTHW packaged plate heat exchanger (PHE) units, complete with all necessary steam, condensate return, LTHW distribution, controls integration, insulation, builders’ works, electrical supplies, and BMS interfaces.
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CPV: Mechanical engineering installation works · Water-treatment plant construction work · Water-treatment work
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 30%
- Commercial: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Quality
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085959- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
23 Dec 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published308 days ago23 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by294 days ago6 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline282 days ago19 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts268 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender