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Pathology & Theatre Chiller Tender

Buyer: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust →

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BuyerBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Mar 2026
Value£700,000
Published23 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires the replacement of failed chillers serving Pathology (Building 48/64) and Theatres 3 & 4 (Building 39). The project has been expanded to include increased cooling capacity and the formation of a fully interconnected chilled water network to enhance resilience for critical clinical services. All works must be undertaken within a live acute hospital environment without disruption to critical cooling services. The project will be delivered within a live acute hospital environment, requiring careful planning, phased installation, and close coordination with clinical services. The system will be procured as a specialist contractor-designed solution, based on a performance specification, with full responsibility for detailed design, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Luton:-Cooling-and-ventilation-equipment./XX7BP6P3R5 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/XX7BP6P3R5

Delivery location

UKH21, GB

Categories

Cooling and ventilation equipment 42500000Ventilation and air-conditioning installation work 45331200Installation work of cooling equipment 45331230

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£700,000
Contract periodFrom 27 Apr 2026 to 31 Aug 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Criterion 1 — Price (70%)
Criterion 2 — Quality (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Cooling and ventilation equipment, Ventilation and air-conditioning installation work, Installation work of cooling equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 42. The category anchor is Cooling and ventilation equipment (42500000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 421,8524 median · 50.1 average (649 of 1,852 with a bid count)6.4 average (694 of 1,852 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH21612 median · 12 average (1 of 6 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1397.5 median · 7.5 average (2 of 139 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 139 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065a97
Latest release ID016278-2026
Latest release timestampMon Feb 23 2026 19:05:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016278-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryworks
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-16T17:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.delta-esourcing.com/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£700,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Feb 2026tender016278-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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