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Published 8 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Maintenance of Merivaara Operating Lights

NHS & Healthcare
Direct award
No classification published
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Direct award
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: "Maintenance of Merivaara Operating Lights". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Routine service and repair of Merivaara Operating Lights within Belfast Health & Social Care Trust. Maintenance, in accordance with OEM recommendations.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)MET HEALTHCARE LIMITEDHolds 18.1% of historical attributable spend
Low Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    6Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 20% · Mean: 7.6 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Low Concentration
    MET HEALTHCARE LIMITEDTop vendor: 18.1% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £9,274,003Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 24 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £410,000Robust (n=17)
    Middle 50% of awards: £198,500 – £800,000 · 175% of the sector median for CPV 50
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (24 active published awards)
    Coverage: 24 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot); 17 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 50):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    MET HEALTHCARE LIMITED2 wins£1,680,340No published budget
    WASSENBURG LIMITED1 win£1,600,000No published budget
    Livanova UK Limited1 win£1,150,000No published budget
    STERIS SOLUTIONS LIMITED1 win£950,000No published budget
    Safegard Systems1 win£800,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 50 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 267 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    4reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 4,369 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~58 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 462 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 50)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Mears LimitedCRN: 2519234
    32 contracts£2,400,320,262At ceiling / not disclosed
    20 contracts£2,000,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    49 contracts£1,326,885,330-0% below budget
    95 contracts£1,257,243,833At ceiling / not disclosed
    Boeing Defence UKCRN: 01290439
    11 contracts£1,175,915,332At ceiling / not disclosed
    LEONARDO UK LTDCRN: 02426132
    20 contracts£1,154,379,363At ceiling / not disclosed
    64 contracts£1,071,273,271At ceiling / not disclosed
    12 contracts£1,018,441,637At ceiling / not disclosed
    8 contracts£1,000,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    John GrahamCRN: NI003503
    3 contracts£1,000,000,000At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodDirect awardLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published8 Sept 2026, 11:12 BSTLast source update8 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f393
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
    2. Award pending
      7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · £246,160
    3. Standstill period concludes
      17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    BENDER UK LIMITED
    £246,160 · 7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST · pending · lots 1
    Standstill concludes: 17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      8 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    1 participating organisation

    Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    Contracting authority
    NHS & Healthcare
    GB-PPON-PLQJ-5727-JCLR
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (1)
    • BENDER UK LIMITED
      supplier

      GB-COH: 03294339 · GB-PPON: PQWX-9888-GJNQ
      The Old Tannery, Ulverston, UKD12, LA12 9EE, GB
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (3)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)It has been confirmed by Merivaara (the manufacturer), that "Bender UK Ltd, is the sole authorized supplier and distributor of Merivaara operating tables, operating theater light systems, examination lights and integration system within the United Kingdom. No other company or individual is authorized to supply or distribute or maintain these products in the UK & Irish market."