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# Real-Time Location System Preliminary Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/real-time-location-system-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-078a6f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: "Real-Time Location System Preliminary Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust-nhs-rr8)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/real-time-location-system-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-078a6f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078a6f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/real-time-location-system-preliminary-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-078a6f#tl-md)

## Description
Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) intends to undertake a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in relation to a potential requirement for a Real-Time Location System (RTLS).
Purpose of the Market Engagement
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement is to:
• provide interested suppliers with an overview of the Trust's high-level requirements;
• understand the solutions, technologies and capabilities currently available in the market;
• obtain supplier feedback and market insight to help inform the Trust's requirements; and
• support the Trust in considering its potential future procurement strategy and approach.
The Trust is interested in engaging with suppliers that provide Real-Time Location System (RTLS) solutions, sometimes referred to as Real-Time Tracking Systems.
RTLS technology can be used to automatically identify and track the location of assets, equipment, inventory and, where appropriate, people in real time. Through this engagement, the Trust wishes to develop its understanding of available solutions and how these may support its operational requirements.
Supplier Market Engagement Webinar:
As part of the Preliminary Market Engagement exercise, the Trust intends to hold a virtual supplier engagement webinar as follows:
Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Microsoft Teams
Suppliers wishing to participate should email the Trust and provide:
• the name of their organisation;
• the names of up to two (2) representatives who will attend; and
• the email address of each nominated representative.
Following registration, the Microsoft Teams invitation will be issued directly to the nominated representatives.
About Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UK. The Trust has a budget of approximately £1.7 billion, employs more than 25,000 staff, and treated more than 1.7 million patients last year.
The Trust's hospital sites include:
• Leeds General Infirmary (LGI), including Leeds Children's Hospital and Leeds Dental Institute;
• St James's University Hospital (SJUH), including Leeds Cancer Centre;
• Seacroft Hospital;
• Wharfedale Hospital; and
• Chapel Allerton Hospital.
Important Information
This notice relates to Preliminary Market Engagement only and does not constitute the commencement of a formal procurement or competitive tendering process.
Participation or non-participation in this market engagement will not, in itself, confer any advantage or disadvantage on any supplier in relation to any potential future procurement exercise.
The Trust is not committed to commencing a procurement process following this engagement. Any future procurement opportunity will be subject to the Trust's governance requirements and the applicable procurement rules.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000

- **Contract Period:** 18/10/2027 to 18/10/2032

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F098325-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-19T09:21:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T13:06:00.155Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078a6f