Official UK procurement notice
Retail Outlet at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Authority: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is seeking to engage with the market ahead of a formal procurement process for the provision of a Retail Outlet(s).
The Trust is undertaking this pre-market engagement to gain a better understanding of the market's capacity, capability, and appetite to deliver the requirements within the new build facility at one of its hospital sites. Feedback from this exercise will help inform and finalise the development of the procurement strategy and final service specification.
Interested suppliers are invited to contact the Trust (see details within this notice) to obtain the proforma and details of an on-site engagement session to be held on TUESDAY 4th AUGUST (afternoon).
SaTH is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales, operates across two main hospital sites, the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) & the Princess Royal in Telford (PRH) both located in Shropshire approximately 16 miles apart. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
The Trust, for its healthcare system across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and into Mid-Wales is delivering a major investment that will improve care for everyone through modern, purpose-built hospital facilities and ensure more people get the care they need, at the right time and in the right place.
These plans have been led by our doctors and nurses to develop two thriving hospitals, supported by more services in the community.
Construction work is well underway at RSH to build a new four storey facility at the RSH site which will be approximately 30,000 sqm and will provide the space we need to start our new ways of working and to provide a more positive experience for patients in calm, dedicated planned care facilities.
PRH will become the site specialising in planned care, with RSH becoming the site specialising in emergency care, with the remodelled, larger Emergency Department at the RSH site and facilities including;
- A modern, purpose-built Emergency Department
- A new, expanded Critical Care Unit
- Consultant led maternity care
- Children's inpatient services
- Emergency medical specialist services, including cardiology, stroke, respiratory and acute medicine
- Emergency and trauma surgery
- Head and neck inpatient services
- Radiotherapy and inpatient and day cancer care and treatment
This means they can make quicker decisions about care.
The clinical model:
Both our hospitals will continue to provide a number of services, which include:
- Adult and children's outpatients
- Urgent care services and medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC)
- Diagnostics, imaging services including X-ray
- Frail and elderly care services
Within the new build facility there will also be a new Main Entrance, with open plan reception and hospitality offer.
VISION
The Trust's vision is to create a flagship retail hub within the Main Entrance that:
- Enhances the hospital arrival and waiting experience.
- Provides a high-quality café, retail and seating environment.
- Supports staff wellbeing and convenience.
- Provides access to food, beverages and essential products 24 hours a day.
- Delivers a financially sustainable commercial partnership.
- Reflects NHS values, sustainability objectives and the quality expectations of a modern acute hospital.
- As this is a new provision no data is available on usage or uptake
There is more than 200sqm of space allocated for use by it's chosen retail outlet partner.
The RSH site currently has 4,300 staff, with an additional 1,000 expected daily for the new extension.
CPV: Cafeteria services · Retail trade services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust buys Retail trade services (CPV 5590), and who usually turns up
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:29 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2026, 10:29 BST
- Authority reference
C453538- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070099- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Jul 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published93 days ago24 Jul 2026, 10:29 BST
- Market engagement86 days ago31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Please contact [email protected] in order to receive the information for the engagement session on Tuesday 4th August and proforma.
- Tender notice expected75 days ago11 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 126 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Jul 2026, 10:29 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender