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Published 1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

STH - External Debt Collection Services

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£140,000≈ £73k / year · £168,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Oct 2026
Contract term 1 yr 11 moends 13 Nov 2028 · up to 13 Nov 2030 with extensions · starts 14 Dec 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Provision of External Debt Collection Agency Services.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of External Debt Collection Agency Services

  • No preliminary market engagement: UK-0392 already published initially.

CPV: Collection agency services · Law-courts-related administrative services

Open work like this

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Open tenders from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSearch filtered to this authorityOpen tenders in Collection agency servicesSearch filtered to CPV 7994Contracts ending in Business Services & ConsultancyRetender Radar, CPV 79: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yr 11 moSMEVCSEPublished value£140,000
Contract period: 14 Dec 2026 – 13 Nov 2028 (1 yr 11 mo) · up to 13 Nov 2030 with extensionsValue: £140,000 exc. VAT · £168,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The initial contract term shall be 2 years with the potential for 2(1+1) Years in Contract extension.
75231100 Law-courts-related administrative services79940000 Collection agency services

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 45%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Questionnaire: 45%
  • Commercial Questionnaire: 45%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Commercial Questionnaire
  • Technical Questionnaire
  • Social Value
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Nov 2026
Authority reference
C474624
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092884
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Collection agency servicesLaw-courts-related administrative services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077eb3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: [email protected]

Timeline

1 Oct 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published45 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
  2. Clarification questions by32 days ago
    14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline20 days ago
    26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
  4. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  5. Award decision expected byin 8 days
    23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 28 days
    14 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 14:04 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYZV-3517-VQCJ Herries Road,, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S5 7AUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender