Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 24 Jun 2026, 13:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

KRFT – Main Entrance Development Programme

Authority: Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

WorksAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£10,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 40 yrsends 31 Mar 2067 · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust (KRFT) is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to inform the future procurement of a Main Entrance Development Programme at Kingston Hospital.

KRFT is seeking market feedback in relation to the delivery of a civic main entrance, circulation space, retail offer and office accommodation. The Trust is particularly interested in understanding potential commercial, funding and delivery models capable of supporting a third-party funded, off-balance-sheet solution.

Interested organisations are invited to complete and return the accompanying Market Engagement Questionnaire. Responses will be used to help inform KRFT's future procurement strategy, commercial approach and business case development.

CPV: Building construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 40 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2067 (40 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust buys Building construction work (CPV 4521), and who usually turns up

Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Building construction work (CPV 4521) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketBuilding construction work (CPV 4521) · Greater London (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 2 known-size awards · market: CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=131
1 of 266%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 Greater London (authority’s region).

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=185
1 of 133%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=38
—27 days

Half of these awards were announced within 27 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 3 of 4 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=194
3 of 438%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo bid counts published
The market46 lots with bid counts · CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region)
17% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid17%
Market: 8 of 46 lots with published bid counts.
2–326%
Market: 12 of 46 lots with published bid counts.
4–633%
Market: 15 of 46 lots with published bid counts.
7+24%
Market: 11 of 46 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo estimate-and-award pairs published
The market41 lots with estimate and award · CPV 4521 · Greater London (authority’s region)
32% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate32%
Market: 13 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%32%
Market: 13 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate37%
Market: 15 of 41 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 4521480 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£10m
Expected competition
i

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 46 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet17% single-bid risk
Past bids on 46 similar lots
1 bid17%
8 of 46 similar past lots received 1 bid (17%).
2–326%
12 of 46 similar past lots received 2–3 (26%).
4–633%
15 of 46 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+24%
11 of 46 similar past lots received 7+ (24%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £10m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jun 2026, 13:58 BST
Last source update
24 Jun 2026, 13:58 BST
Authority reference
W240270
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059447
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction work
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc3a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published118 days ago
    24 Jun 2026, 13:58 BST
  2. Market engagement103 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust (KRFT) is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to inform the future procurement of a Main Entrance Development Programme at Kingston Hospital.

    The Trust is seeking market feedback on potential delivery, funding and commercial models for a new civic main entrance, circulation space, retail offer and office accommodation. In particular, KRFT is interested in understanding the viability of third-party funded, off-balance-sheet solutions and identifying organisations with the capability and experience to deliver such arrangements.

    Interested organisations are invited to request a copy of the Market Engagement Questionnaire by emailing [email protected]. Completed questionnaires should be returned to the same email address by 12:00 noon on Wednesday 8th July 2026.

    KRFT also intends to offer optional site visits for interested organisations on Friday 3rd July 2026 and Tuesday 7th July 2026. Organisations wishing to attend a site visit should register their interest by emailing [email protected], confirming their preferred date and proposed attendees.

    Responses received through this market engagement exercise will be used to inform the Trust's future procurement strategy, commercial approach and business case development. KRFT may also invite organisations to participate in subsequent one-to-one discussions as part of the market engagement process.

  3. Tender notice expected48 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 163 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Jun 2026, 13:58 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

Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNBL-5529-JNMP Galworthy Road, Kingston Upon Thames, London, KT2 7QBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure