Official UK procurement notice
Surgical Instrument and Flexible Endoscope Decontamination Service
Authority: Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (Central government)
This Early Market Engagement (EME) is being led by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH or the ‘Authority’) on behalf of the East Midlands Decontamination Collaboration (EMDC), a partnership between Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH or SFHFT) (collectively referred to as the ‘Collaboration’). o Understand what solutions, models, and innovations are currently available in the market.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Early Market Engagement (EME) is being led by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH or the ‘Authority’) on behalf of the East Midlands Decontamination Collaboration (EMDC), a partnership between Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH or SFHFT) (collectively referred to as the ‘Collaboration’).
- The Collaboration is seeking to engage with decontamination service providers (Suppliers) to raise awareness of its future plans for Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) and endoscope decontamination services.
- The purpose of this Early Market Engagement (EME) is to:
o Understand what solutions, models, and innovations are currently available in the market.
o Learn from previous examples of similar projects delivered elsewhere.
o Gather Supplier views on potential delivery approaches, risks, and enablers.
o Explore opportunities for collaboration and transitional support options.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 7 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2025, 13:54 BST
- Authority reference
C393089- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062885- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a935Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published390 days ago7 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
- Market engagement355 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Suppliers are invited to download the EME document via the e-Tendering portal for more information:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Suppliers are required to review all published EME documentation and submit their responses in accordance with the timetable set out in Section 2
If you have any problems with the Electronic Portal, you should contact the helpdesk on 0800 9956035 or by sending an email to [email protected] . The helpline is open Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm excluding public and bank holidays.
- Contract starts20 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Oct 2025, 09:42 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Oct 2025, 13:54 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Contract date amended
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender