Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Sept 2026, 16:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement for Craniofacial Orthotics and Helmet Therapy Services for Endoscopic-Assisted Suturectomy Patients and Craniofacial Orthotist Services

Authority: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 4 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (the “Authority”) is conducting market engagement in relation to its requirement for;

1. Craniofacial Orthotics and Helmet Therapy Services for Endoscopic-Assisted Suturectomy Patients

2. Craniofacial Orthotist Services

Suppliers who are able to offer services relevant to this requirement are invited to express an interest and respond to a market engagement questionnaire. Further details on how to do this are contained within the Engagement process description section of this notice.

CPV: Medical consumables · Orthopaedic support devices · Orthotic services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
33140000 Medical consumables33183000 Orthopaedic support devices85111600 Orthotic services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Sept 2026, 16:23 BST
Last source update
8 Sept 2026, 16:23 BST
Authority reference
C470535
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Medical consumablesOrthopaedic support devicesOrthotic services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4f9

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published14 days ago
    8 Sept 2026, 16:23 BST
  2. Market engagementin 8 days
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in these requirements should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis) by 13:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2026. more…https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_ContractPage?SearchType=Projects&uid=a07Pz00001vjSYHIA2&searchStr=&sortStr=Recently+Published&page=1&filters=&County=
  3. Tender notice expectedin 104 days
    4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 190 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Sept 2026, 16:23 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PNXM-2771-CPCW Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure