Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Commercial Removals and Associated Services
Authority: KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) acting as lead on behalf of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMMH), is running a collaborative procurement exercise for the provision of commercial removals and associated services. Both organisations shall be collectively known as the “Authority” for the purposes of all documents associated with this opportunity. The Authority is seeking to contract with a Service Provider that will manage the Services to the highest levels of satisfaction, professional standards and cost effectiveness. The Service Provider will be expected to deliver improvements to service delivery and value for money over the life of the contract. This is a collaborative procurement involving two organisations coming together to achieve better outcomes, with the primary purposes of procuring collaboratively to include potential cost savings, improved quality and value, risk management, best practices, strategic partnerships and sustainability/social responsibility. The Authority has a requirement for a single Service Provider with appropriate resources and experience to provide removal and relocation services for clinical and non-clinical wards and departments in live environments such as hospitals, health centres/clinics, community hubs, and general office buildings. Area of coverage: Kent, Medway, East Sussex and some areas of Inner and Outer London.
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Initial term 3 years plus option to extend 3 x 12 months
Tender pack available under procurement ref C417080 via Electronic Tendering Portal "Atamis": https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
CPV: Relocation services · Storage and warehousing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£602,052
- Value
- £602,052 exc. VAT · £722,462 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- The initial contract term shall be 3 years, with optional for 3 x 12 month Contract extension periods by election of the Contracting Authority, on such notice and for such periods as is specified by the Contract. · Optional 3 x 12 month extensions
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 20%
- Finance — 70%
- Social Value and Sustainability — 10%
- Economic & financial standing
This procurement does not specify a minimum economic or financial standing or minimum financial threshold. However, as part of the assessment of financial stability: • Tenderers must not be subject to insolvency proceedings, administration, liquidation, or more…
bankruptcy; • Tenderers must possess a satisfactory credit rating from a recognised agency, namely Dun & Bradstreet. The Authority will undertake its own assessment of financial stability and creditworthiness, using information obtained from Dun & Bradstreet. A satisfactory credit rating, generally considered to represent low to moderate financial risk, will be required. This assessment will be carried out during the evaluation stage and prior to contract award. The Authority reserves the right to seek clarification or additional information where necessary. Failure to meet these requirements may result in exclusion from the procurement process. - Technical & professional ability
Healthcare Waste Carrier Licence ISO 14001 Environmental Management System accreditation British Association of Removers – Commercial Moving Group (BAR CMG) Insurance Health & Safety Policy Business Continuity Plan Vehicle Compliance and Maintenance Storage more…
and logistics capability - Healthcare Waste Carrier Licence - ISO 14001 Environmental Management System accreditation - British Association of Removers – Commercial Moving Group (BAR CMG) - Insurance - Health & Safety Policy - Business Continuity Plan - Vehicle Compliance and Maintenance - Storage and logistics capability Questionnaire 1b - Mandatory Criteria applies
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST buys Other services (CPV 9839) — and who usually turns up
KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Other services (CPV 9839) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 9839 · 1 in division 98 · 36 in all categories (19 without competition · 3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots. 4 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5.5) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 64 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 33 notices.
South East England · Other services (CPV 9839)
contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 25 in CPV 9839 (16 competed, 2 route not published) · 283 in division 98 (200 competed, 52 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 9 lots. 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 3 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 6 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 9 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 9839), last 36 months: 14 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on 3 lots, so only the direction is shown, not a pound figure.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRISISCAST LTD | 1 class wins | 1 months ago | no comparable pairs | 62% |
| Henry Hill & Partners T/A H. Hill Military Tailoring SME | 2 class wins | this month | no comparable pairs | 56% |
| PERFECT GROUP (NATIONWIDE) LIMITED SME | 1 class wins | 7 months ago | no comparable pairs | 52% |
| Boing Rapid Secure SME | 1 class wins | 1 months ago | 11% above n=1 | 51% |
| Kelerbay TA Doree Bonner International SME | 1 class wins | 61 months ago | no comparable pairs | 48% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 9839 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:31 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
C417080- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776d0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- 30 days in arears
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago21 Sept 2026, 16:31 BST
- Clarification questions byin 10 days2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 31 days23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 48 days9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 58 days20 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 16:31 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declaration
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender