Provision of installation, servicing and maintenance of Vernacare macerator units at Nottingham City Hospital

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF14)

Awarded value£100,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Vernacare International Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Authority) has awarded a contract for servicing and maintenance of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s macerators at Nottingham City Hospital (The Services).

The purpose of the Services is to ensure continuous operation of the existing macerators by carrying out planned preventative maintenance, enabling issues to be detected early and mitigating any failures.

The Services include, but are not limited to, a minimum of 1 maintenance visit per annum, 24/7 call out support and guaranteed next day call out for reactive maintenance. Installation shall be required on an ad-hoc basis e.g. lifecycle replacement.

The Authority previously published a planned procurement notice concerning the award of this contract. However, since its publication, the contract is now below threshold and therefore has published this below threshold contract details notice accordingly. Details of the planned procurement notice can be found below:

www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015949-2026 ↗

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: East Midlands

42996110 Macerators for the treatment of sewage 50710000 Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations 50712000 Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations 50760000 Repair and maintenance of public conveniences

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 18 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST
Last source update: 18 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST
Authority reference: C425726
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-057602
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06b828 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
18 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jun 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Vernacare International Limited	£100,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of installation, servicing and maintenance of Vernacare macerator units at Nottingham City Hospital · Vernacare International Limited
Signed
17 Jun 2026
Value
£100,000
Period
1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
the Contract Term is 24 months with the option to extend for a further 24 months. This extension shall take the form of two 12 month incremental periods.
4 agreed KPIs: Response Times · Right First Time · Service & Incident Reporting …
- Response Times, Supplier meeting the Response Times
- Right First Time, Number of Defects arising
- Service & Incident Reporting, Number of health and safety incidents occurring during the service period
- On Time and in Full, Number of tasks carried out on time and in full

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVQC-9261-WGRM City Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG5 1PBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Vernacare International Ltd,Awarded supplierGB-COH: 06449040 Vernacare 1 Western Avenue, Matrix Park, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, North West, PR7 7NBContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender18 Jun 2026, 14:08 BST