TenderlineUK
Procurement Intelligence
Search
Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Jul 2025, 14:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary market engagement - Not for Profit Operator for Staff and Student Accommodation

Official notice

Authority: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Real estate services (70)Administration, defence and social security services (75)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: South West (UKK14)
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2033 · up to 31 Aug 2038 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Opportunity

The purpose of this market engagement is to identify ‘not for profit’ operators of staff and student accommodation, who may be interested in the described opportunity at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH), in Swindon.

The opportunity is in two distinct parts:

  1. New development: The appointment of a “not for profit” operator to manage a new purpose-built staff & student accommodation facility to be built on GWH’s 5.5 HA Expansion Land site, directly adjacent to the main hospital.
  2. Existing facility: Downsview House (DVH) is owned and operated by Unite Students under NHS PFI arrangements – this PFI contract concludes in Oct 2029. It is anticipated that the selected operator will take over the management of DVH in due course.

Additional information regarding the opportunity, a site map and supplier questionnaire can be downloaded from our e-sourcing portal "Atamis".

atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage ↗

The link below provides details of how to register your organisation on Atamis.

suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/46… ↗

CPV: Accommodation management services · Administrative housing services · Housing services · Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis · Residential property renting or leasing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2028 – 31 Aug 2033 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2038 with extensions
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
70210000 Residential property renting or leasing services70330000 Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis70333000 Housing services75123000 Administrative housing services98341100 Accommodation management services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Jul 2025, 14:33 BST
Last source update
30 Jul 2025, 11:39 BST
Authority reference
C375638
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044186
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation management servicesAdministrative housing servicesHousing servicesProperty management services of real estate on a fee or contract basisResidential property renting or leasing services
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056060 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
—

Timeline

16 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2028 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 14:33 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 11:39 BST
  3. Market engagement
    8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please provide your response to the Supplier Questionnaire, via the Atamis portal, by 4pm on Friday 8th August 2025.

    All further information regarding the questionnaire can be viewed here:

    atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage ↗

    GWH will review the submitted responses and invite interested parties to attend a 1 to 1 site visit to view the location and meet the Project Team during a Q&A session. We anticipate that the meetings slots will take place the first and second week of September 2025, however this will be confirmed.

    GWH confirms that this is a market engagement activity only. This is not a commitment to proceed to a procurement event. We reserve the right to conclude activity once market engagement is complete.

    This notice has been reopened for a further week due to system error with document downloads.

  4. Tender notice expected206 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  6. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 14:33 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 11:39 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

System input error. Reopening to enable suppliers to download documents.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PRZJ-5573-LWLP Marlborough Road, Swindon, South West, SN3 6BBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure