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title: "National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner"
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# National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-centre-for-sport-exercise-medicine-east-midlands-healthcare-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-067492). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Loughborough University: "National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Loughborough University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/loughborough-university-urn-133834)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £6,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-centre-for-sport-exercise-medicine-east-midlands-healthcare-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-067492#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-067492`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-centre-for-sport-exercise-medicine-east-midlands-healthcare-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-067492#tl-md)

## Description
Loughborough University, on behalf of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine – East Midlands (NCSEM-EM), is conducting pre-market engagement to explore viable healthcare partnership models for expanding clinical services, diagnostic imaging, and sport and exercise medicine provision at our Olympic legacy facility.
We seek market intelligence to inform whether to proceed to formal procurement and, if so, how best to structure specifications, commercial models, and procurement approach.
Partnership with healthcare provider(s) to operate and/or expand:
•Clinical services: Sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, orthopaedics
•Diagnostic imaging: 3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm fluoroscopy
•Operating model
Purpose-built facility at Loughborough University campus:
•11 clinical consulting rooms (~1,500 sq ft)
•343 sq m rehabilitation/gait laboratory
•Advanced diagnostic suite (3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm)
•Reception, IT infrastructure, security, parking
Any partner must:
•Hold (or be able to obtain) CQC registration for proposed services
•Demonstrate alignment with sport and exercise medicine focus (not general acute healthcare)
•Contribute to teaching / Research 
This is an academic healthcare partnership, not a purely commercial tenancy.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Loughborough:-Health-services./ZBJ86Z66CZ
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZBJ86Z66CZ

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2027 to 31/12/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027677-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-26T09:31:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:22:47.172Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-067492