Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Anaesthetic Management Software
Authority: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ2)
Published estimate£250,000≈ £79k / year · £300,000 inc. VAT6.2% below final estimate
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2026awarded 17 Aug 2026
Awarded to SAFER SLEEP LIMITED2 awards
Contract term 3 yrs 2 moends 27 Sept 2029 · up to 27 Sept 2031 with extensions · starts 12 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionManagement of Anaesthetic Software for Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
CPV: IT software package · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Price offered: 30%
- Technical and Social Value Questionnaire: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price offered
- Technical and Social Value Questionnaire
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 9 Aug 2026, 15:06 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
C431899- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-075495- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06df93Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
This is administrative notice only. The tender submission is already complete and there is no need to submit a new tender
Timeline
9 Aug 2026 → 5 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published68 days ago9 Aug 2026, 15:06 BST
- Clarification questions by67 days ago10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts66 days ago12 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline65 days ago12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by65 days ago12 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent53 days ago25 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends42 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published11 days ago5 Oct 2026, 15:37 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Aug 2026- Tender notice published9 Aug 2026, 15:06 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 21:56 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST11 Aug 2026, 21:56 BST-47 days · was 28 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract award notice published25 Aug 2026, 09:55 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Aug 2026, 09:55 BST
- Contract signature expected10 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:37 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
This is administrative notice only. The procurement exercise is already concluded
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 9 Aug 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2some still in standstill
Awarded value £402,9631 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFER SLEEP LIMITEDProvision of Anaesthetic Software Management11 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2029 · up to 10 Sept 2031Extensions: Maximum of 2 extensions of 12 months each, at the absolute discretion of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | £402,963 | 17 Aug 2026standstill to 4 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
| SAFER SLEEP LIMITED | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Maintenance of Anaesthetic Software · SAFER SLEEP LIMITED
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2026
- Value
- £234,599
- Period
- 11 Sept 2026 – 10 Sept 2029 · up to 10 Sept 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Maximum of 2 extensions of 12 months each at the absolute discretion of QVC
No agreed KPIs: to be confirmed by Clinicians
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAFER SLEEP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender