Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Equipping Consultancy Services
Authority: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (“the Trust”) is seeking to procure a provider for the provision of equipping consultancy services in connection with the New Frimley Park Hospital programme (Ref C476248).
The procurement is for a comprehensive equipping advisory service covering RIBA Stage 2 (Concept Design) and RIBA Stage 3 (Spatial Coordination), with an option to extend into RIBA Stage 4. The service will support the development of the Outline Business Case.
The scope includes, but is not limited to, the development of the Equipping Strategy and Equipment Governance Framework, aligned to New Hospital Programme and Hospital 2.0 guidance. It also covers equipment categorisation (Group 1, 2 and 3) in line with the NHP categorisation strategy, and the development and management of the Master Equipment Schedule and departmental equipment schedules. The provider will lead stakeholder engagement and requirements capture with clinical, operational, estates, digital, clinical engineering and finance teams. The scope further includes Room Data Sheet validation, design integration and technical assurance, including BIM alignment, together with medical equipment and digital integration covering interoperability, asset tracking and digital asset requirements. The provider will deliver equipment cost planning, including capital, lifecycle and procurement assumptions and inputs to the Outline Business Case. It will also develop the equipment procurement strategy, logistics, commissioning and operational readiness planning, and manage the Equipping Risk Register. An optional asset audit of existing equipment may be instructed by the Trust.
The appointed provider will be expected to deliver robust, evidence-led equipping outputs that are fully integrated with the developing design. They will work as part of an integrated professional team and co-ordinate with the wider design, cost and programme workstreams. The Trust places a strong emphasis on clinical engagement, data accuracy and change control, value for money and sustainability.
The contract duration under this notice is for the provision of the equipping consultancy services only. It does not represent or imply any timeframe for completion of the wider New Frimley Park Hospital programme.
This procurement is being conducted as an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Interested suppliers must submit a full tender by the deadline stated in the tender documents, including responses to the conditions of participation, which are assessed on a pass/fail basis.
CPV: General management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£166,019
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Published sub-criteria (2)
- Invitation to Tender (ITT): 80%
- Invitation to Tender (ITT): 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Invitation to Tender (ITT)
- Invitation to Tender (ITT)
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £148,712 (twice the annual value).
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
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Half of these awards were announced within 32 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid0%
2–336%
4–614%
7+50%
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Below estimate36%
Within ±2%36%
Above estimate29%
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Lot #1CPV 7941Published estimate£166k
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1 bid8%
2–318%
4–634%
7+40%
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Middle 50%£145k–£166k
Estimate£166k
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £7.8m14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £708k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £4.5m21 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £5.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=6 | |
| £909k21 awards in 36m · last this month | 13 live · £371k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 4% below n=3 | |
| £386k11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 8 live · £182k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
BearingPointSME | £246k8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 5 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
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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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 20 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C476248- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099188- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078c3cFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The Contracting Authority is utilising an electronic Tendering system (“E-Tendering Portal”) to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to Tenderers and all communications relating to this procurement, including the submission of Tender responses will be conducted solely via the following link:
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Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 11 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago20 Oct 2026, 16:51 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 15 days5 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 55 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 82 days11 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published20 Oct 2026, 16:51 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender