Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 16 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UHN - Sterile Services Facility

Official notice

Authority: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

WorksAbove threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£5,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 31 Mar 2036 · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which consists of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH), require the provision of a Sterile Services facility for the Trusts and its partners. It is intended that the procurement will cover the design, build, equipping and maintenance of a facility and may include the option to refurbish one of the existing Trust SSD buildings.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which consists of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH), require the provision of a Sterile Services facility for the Trusts and its partners. It is intended that the procurement will cover the design, build, equipping and maintenance of a facility and may include the option to refurbish one of the existing Trust SSD buildings

CPV: Building construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 10 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2036 (10 yrs)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
16 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
Last source update
17 Apr 2025, 08:30 BST
Authority reference
C354853
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015724
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building construction work
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050438 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
  2. Market engagement
    29 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which consists of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH), are seeking to engage the market in advance of a forthcoming tender opportunity for the provision of a Sterile Services facility for the Trusts and its partners. It is intended that the procurement will cover the design, build, equipping and maintenance of a facility and may include the option to refurbish one of the existing Trust SSD buildings. The purpose of this early market engagement is to gather insights from potential suppliers to help inform the scope, structure, and approach of the procurement to ensure it meets the needs of the organisation and delivers best value. All options for financing the project are being considered and the Trust would be open to understand any innovative solutions. To register your interest please register on Atamis health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗. Atamis Reference: C354853. Interested providers are requested to answer the questions within the requirement section when registering interest (via health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ ref: C354853 by 5pm on 29th April 2025.

  3. Contract starts218 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 08:29 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 08:30 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

Including instructions on how to register interest and submit a response.

Including instructions on how to register interest and submit a response.

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

2 public bodies on the notice

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCPL-4765-VNRN Rothwell Rd, Kettering, East Midlands, NN16 8UZContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentGB-PPON: PQBY-8547-GYGP Northampton, East MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure