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title: "Pre market engagement - Bed Maintenance and Replacement"
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# Pre market engagement - Bed Maintenance and Replacement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-bed-maintenance-and-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-07b342). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which consists of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH), are seeking to engage the market to understand current solutions with regard to bed (inc. pressure relieving mattress system) maintenance and asset replacement. Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rnq)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pre-market-engagement-bed-maintenance-and-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-07b342#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b342`

## 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:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **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/pre-market-engagement-bed-maintenance-and-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-07b342#tl-md)

## Description
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which consists of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH),  are seeking to engage the market to understand current solutions with regard to bed (inc. pressure relieving mattress system) maintenance and asset replacement.
Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity to help inform potential future service models and does not commit the Authority to undertaking a procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 50420000

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2028 to 31/03/2033
- **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%2F104837-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-04T16:02:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T21:05:41.282Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b342