Official UK procurement notice
Private Patient Unit · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University Hospital Southampton (Education)·On behalf of: WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) is seeking a private hospital operator to grow private patient revenues and develop a purpose-built Private Patient Unit (PPU) at Southampton General Hospital (SGH). A procurement process may begin in mid-spring 2025 to identify a JV partner to operate and manage the PPU under a profit-share arrangement. Prospective partners must bring investment and resources, and UHS may explore collaborations with other Trusts.
CPV: Outpatient care services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
- Authority reference
WPL05125- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020007- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e896Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Feb 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Planning notice published28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMT
- Market engagement26 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Interested parties must register their interest in the event, including the names and contact details of each attendee. To note, attendance is limited to a maximum of four people per provider. There will be an opportunity to book a site tour and to independently meet the team at the event, further itinerary details will follow. Please register via the Atamis Portal ( atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ ) to view further information and register for the event. The deadline for participation requests in the market engagement exercise is 12 noon on 28th March 2025 At this point in the process, potentially interested parties are asked to not approach UHS staff to discuss this potential opportunity. If there are specific clarifications required on the opportunity, please address these through the contact details in this notice. Following this market engagement process:
- UHS may decide to embark on a process to procure a JV partner; or
- UHS may decide not to commence such a procurement process. UHS asks the market to appreciate that the main reasons for this engagement are to understand market interest, view of the opportunity and potential commercial arrangements that would be acceptable in the market, given the scale and the ambitions of the project outlined in the supporting documents. Should the Trust pursue a process to procure a partner, it will be issuing contractual terms against which bidders will be assessed. Therefore, providing a response will assist with the Trust in developing such terms. UHS also wish to confirm that anything discussed during the market engagement process will not have a bearing on the evaluation of parties during any subsequent process or give any indication of acceptance or commitment to a particular approach. UHS shall have no liability for any costs howsoever incurred by those participating in this market engagement process.
- Latest notice published9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Feb 2025, 11:45 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published9 May 2025, 11:45 BSTUK1
- Buyer details updated9 May 2025, 11:45 BST
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
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- WESSEX NHS PROCUREMENT LIMITEDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProviding procurement services for the contracting authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender