Official UK procurement notice
Major capital works at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Authority: 2Gether Support Solutions Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement description2gether Support Solutions Ltd. (herein referred to as "our" or "us" or "we") was formed in April 2018 as a new, wholly owned subsidiary company of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust").
We provide essential support services to the Trust, from facilities and property management to catering, procurement and portering.
This is a Public Contract Regulations 2015 award notice, appoint three capable and suitably experienced providers to deliver multiple major capital works projects, including lot:
#1: Projects (excluding Mechanical & Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP; OR
#2) Projects (excluding Mechanical & Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued between 1,000,000 GBP and 10,000,000 GBP; OR
#3) Mechanical Projects (excluding Electrical) across all hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP.
Lots #4a) Electrical Projects (excluding Mechanical) at our William Harvey Hospital site only, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP and #4b) Electrical Projects (excluding Mechanical) across all other hospital sites, valued up to 1,000,000 GBP has not been awarded.
CPV: Construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers · 7 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.5 per place) · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · win at most 4 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBPCancelled
Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP.
The objective of this lot is to encompass a range of major capital works projects, including:
i) light to medium alterations or maintenance or modifications or repairs or refurbishment or other building works to either the internal or external envelope of identified buildings across all hospital sites; OR
ii) small new build construction projects; OR
iii) necessary enabling works packages to allow for medium to large major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) projects to be carried out under lot 2 (Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) across all hospital sites, valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP); OR
iv) external works across all hospitals sites, such as car parking, hard and soft landscaping and below ground drainage etc.
Lot #2Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBPCancelled
Delivery of major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) with a value between 1,000,000 GBP and 10,000,000 GBP. The objective of this lot is to encompass a range of major capital works projects, including:
i) medium to large alterations or maintenance or modifications or repairs or refurbishment or other building works to either the internal or external envelope of identified buildings across all hospital sites; OR
ii) medium to large new build construction projects; OR
iii) necessary enabling works packages for medium and large major capital works (excluding Mechanical and Electrical works) projects to be carried out; OR
iv) external works across all hospitals sites, such as car parking, hard and soft landscaping and below ground drainage; OR
v) external services across all hospital sites, such as sub-stations etc.
Lot #3Mechanical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBPCancelled
Delivery of mechanical (excl. Electrical) works related major capital works with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP. Typical activities include:
- Strip out works
- Containment
- Above ground drainage
- Hot and cold water installation
- Heating systems
- Ventilation, including AHU and chiller replacement
- HVAC systems
- VRF/VRV systems
- Medical gases
- Testing and commissioning
Lot #4Electrical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBPCancelled
Delivery of electrical (excl. Mechanical) works related major capital works with a value of up to 1,000,000 GBP. Typical activities include:
- Strip out works
- Power installation including sub-mains
- Small power
- Data / communications
- Lighting installations
- Nurse call systems
- Access control
- Intruder alarm
- Fire alarm
- CCTV systems
- Earth and bonding
- Lightning protection
- IPS / UPS systems
- BMS
- Testing and commissioning
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBP | 50% | 40% | 10% | |
| 2 · Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP | 50% | 40% | 10% | |
| 3 · Mechanical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBP | 50% | 40% | 10% | |
| 4 · Electrical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBP | 50% | 40% | 10% |
- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Major capital works at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 15 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Jan 2025, 18:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
C319420- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062206- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf62Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Performance conditions as stated with the procurement documents available for download from the Supplier's Documents folder within the e-sourcing portal.
Publisher note: This contract award decision has been made as per the Contracting Authority's governance processes. No declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of the individuals making the decision were identified.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 12 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Feb 2025, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Feb 2025 → 3 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Feb 2025, 09:00 GMT
- Notice published388 days ago3 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Oct 2025- Status changed to complete3 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBP
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £32,000,000
- Status
- active
Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBP
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £8,000,000
- Status
- active
Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £96,000,000
- Status
- active
Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £24,000,000
- Status
- active
Mechanical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBP
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Projects (excl. M&E): valued up to 1,000,000 GBP | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 2 · Projects (excl. M&E): valued between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000 GBP | 6bids · 6 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 3 · Mechanical projects: valued up to 1,000,000 GBP | 5bids · 5 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Amdell Ltd.Framework contractor
- Bauvill Ltd.Framework contractor
- WW Martin Ltd.Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria