Official UK procurement notice
STH Shuttle Bus Service - Pre-market Engagement
Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of engaging with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for STH Shuttle Bus Services.
The objective of this RFI is to:
- Gather information to support the definition of the project scope and objectives
- Understand supplier capabilities
- Assess market conditions, trends and innovations
- Determine pricing structures
- Exploring technical solutions
- Assessing potential risks
Interested suppliers are invited to review the documents and respond as outlined. Feedback from this exercise will help inform the development of the procurement strategy and service specification.
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 31 Jul 2025, 11:27 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2025, 11:27 BST
- Authority reference
C378741- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044659- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0569fdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published31 Jul 2025, 11:27 BST
- Market engagement20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of engaging with the market in order to inform the further development of draft proposals for STH Shuttle Bus Services.
The objective of this RFI is to:
- Gather information to support the definition of the project scope and objectives
- Understand supplier capabilities
- Assess market conditions, trends and innovations
- Determine pricing structures
- Exploring technical solutions
- Assessing potential risks
- Tender notice expected15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts243 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Jul 2025, 11:27 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
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