Provision of a deceased contingency storage and transfer service for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), including flexible mortuary storage capacity, transportation of deceased between Trust mortuary sites and contingency facilities, bariatric transfers, and support during periods of increased demand. The contract includes governance, audit, incident management, and performance review requirements, commencing on 11 January 2027 for an initial 3-year term ending 10 January 2030, with the option to extend for up to 24 months.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrustWAC-635447
Bedford Hospital - South Wing Endoscopy / EDU Department Project
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking works within the Bedford Hospital EDU Department to support replacement and improvement of endoscope decontamination capacity, including new endoscope washer/disinfectors, associated enabling works, mechanical and electrical infrastructure, AHU replacement works and temporary service continuity arrangements.
The Trust requires a suitably competent Principal Contractor to manage and deliver the associated construction, building services, building fabric, coordination, safety, infection control, access, logistics, commissioning support and handover requirements needed to complete the project in a live healthcare environment.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Luton:-Refurbishment-work./MC95NA6R3Q
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/MC95NA6R3Q
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWAC-633121
EEAST – Welwyn Garden City Ambulance Roof (26-T12)
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is issuing an Invitation to Tender in connection with a competitive procurement for the Refurbishment of Welwyn Garden City Roof.
East of England Ambulance Service NHS TrustWAC-632597
Supply and Delivery of Red Diesel / Rebated Gas Oil For Standby Generators and Heating Boilers
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires a suitably competent and experienced fuel supplier to provide the supply and delivery of red diesel / rebated gas oil to Trust fuel storage locations serving standby generator plant and heating boiler systems across the estate.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Luton:-Diesel-oil./CW2P334W4H
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/CW2P334W4H
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWAC-636337
Intensive and Assertive Outreach Service: Recovery and Outreach Sub-Contracted Element
The contract for services will be awarded in the form of the NHS Standard Sub-contract. This Service is for the provision of an Intensive and Assertive Outreach (I&A) Service across Norfolk and Suffolk.
The Service is designed to deliver intensive, proactive, and flexible community-based care for individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who present with elevated levels of complexity and risk and for whom engagement with traditional mental health services is a challenge.
Delivery will be through a blended model between Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) as the Head Provider and Sub-Contractors (encouraging Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) interest), ensuring a comprehensive offer that integrates clinical expertise with community-based engagement and recovery support.
The Sub-Contractor will play a critical role in enabling engagement, promoting recovery, and addressing the wider determinants of health, working as a fully integrated partner alongside NSFT clinical teams.
The Sub-Contractor(s) contribution is central to achieving the core ambition of the service:
No individual is excluded from care due to disengagement, complexity, or social circumstances.
Assertive Engagement and Outreach
The Sub-Contractor must:
• Deliver proactive, persistent outreach, particularly where individuals are disengaged
• Provide frequent contact, including daily visits in line with the care plan
• Engage individuals in a variety of settings, including:
- Their home
- Community settings
- Places where they feel safe
- In-reaching into hospitals or prisons if required to establish engagement and promote continuity of care
• Use creative and flexible engagement approaches, including:
- Doorstep engagement
- Accompaniment to appointments
- Informal relational contact
- Demonstrate the ability to sustain engagement over extended periods, particularly where trust is low
The sub-contractor(s) will provide:
• Assertive Engagement and Outreach
• Practical Support for Daily Living
• Community Participation and Social Inclusion
• Support to Access Healthcare (Including Mental Health Care)
• Medication Support (Non-Clinical)
• Substance Misuse and Harm Reduction
• Carer and Family Support
• Contribution to Risk Management
Sub-Contractors will work mainly in the Community travelling to Service Users and must demonstrate their ability to deliver outreach across urban, rural and coastal communities, including service users placed outside their immediate locality.
The service would be well suited for providers in the Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise sector.
The full service specification, along with the full set of procurement documents, is available upon request by contacting [email protected]
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWAC-633191
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NHS & HealthcareTender
SSD Autoclave Cooling Water Chiller
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires a suitably competent contractor to supply, install and commission a new cooling water chiller system to support three autoclaves within the SSD / decontamination service.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Luton:-Installation-of-pipe-system./QP33TAN373
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/QP33TAN373
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWAC-636867
Provision of General Medical Services at Tollgate Practice
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board is undertaking a Competitive Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the award of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Tollgate Practice, Stanway, Colchester.
The Authority seeks a suitably qualified provider to deliver primary medical services to a registered patient population of approximately 10,206 patients. Services will be provided under a nationally prescribed GMS contract from the existing practice premises and will include the delivery of core primary medical services, management of the registered patient list, clinical governance, safeguarding, information governance and integration with local health and care services.
This procurement is being undertaken to secure the long-term provision of stable, resilient and high-quality primary medical services for the local population. Due to the fixed practice location, established patient list and requirement for uninterrupted service delivery, bidders must demonstrate the ability to mobilise and maintain an appropriately qualified workforce and robust governance arrangements from contract commencement.
The contract will be awarded following evaluation against the key criteria set out in the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The estimated contract value is £21,896,491.60, calculated using a notional 20-year term for valuation purposes only. The contract itself is a perpetual GMS contract and is not time limited.
Additional information:
To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://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]
Provision of General Medical Services at Tollgate Practice, Colchester
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) is undertaking a competitive procurement process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the award of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Tollgate Practice, located in Stanway, Colchester.<br/><br/>The procurement seeks to identify a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver safe, effective, sustainable and accessible primary medical services to the registered patient population of Tollgate Practice. The commercial schedule currently assumes an actual patient list of 10,206 and a weighted patient list of approximately 8,832, subject to future list size adjustments in line with national General Medical Services arrangements.<br/><br/>The successful provider will be required to deliver the full range of services associated with a nationally prescribed GMS contract, including management of a registered patient list, provision of core primary medical services, clinical governance, workforce management, patient access requirements and integration with local health and care services.<br/><br/>The procurement is being undertaken following caretaker arrangements that were implemented to maintain continuity of services whilst the practice recovered from historical quality and regulatory concerns.<br/><br/>The contract is intended to secure the long-term provision of stable and resilient primary medical services beyond the caretaker period.
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NHS & HealthcareTender 2 notices
Taxi Services Dynamic Market
HTE is seeking to establish a Dynamic Market for Taxi Services. The Dynamic Market will provide Participating Authorities the opportunity to carry out further competition between Tenderers who are admitted onto the Dynamic Market (“Admitted Tenderers”) for Taxi Services associated with the private hire and hackney carriage taxi services provide transportation for individuals or small groups on a regular, planned, or ad hoc, unplanned basis. The Dynamic Market will include Taxi Services and provision of associated technology and associated services which will support Participating Authorities with the delivery of their required Taxi Services to their stakeholders. Admitted Tenderers will be able to meet the relevant standards applicable to each of the areas covered by this Dynamic Market, as well as security standards, customer requirements and accreditation standards for the specific market.
The Dynamic Market shall be one singular Lot for the provision of all taxi services and any associated services.
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NHS & HealthcarePlanning
Crisis Alternatives Model
NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Mental Health Trust intend to procure an outcomes-focused Mental Health Wellbeing Hub Model and Crisis at Home and Crisis Outside of the Home Service across the Norfolk and Suffolk localities.
Commissioning will be undertaken through an outcomes-based approach, with providers required to develop and propose a delivery model that demonstrates how the specified service functions and outcomes will be achieved across Norfolk and Suffolk.
NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARDWAC-642611
ESNEFT 2668 - Managed Service for the Provision of Renal Dialysis Services CA18304
Managed Service for the Provision of Renal Dialysis Services to ESNEFT including Unit, Satellite and Home Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis and associated support
EAST SUFFOLK AND NORTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWAC-633909
PSR Tier 4 plus weight management complex obesity services
NICE approved digital specialist weight management service for full integration into ESNEFT Complex Obesity Service for delivery of various MDT and non-MDT GLP-1 medication pathways
The Authority reserves the right not to proceed to procurement where it is determined that the service is no longer required, alternative delivery arrangements are available, existing contractual extension provisions can be utilised, or for any other operational, commercial, or strategic reason.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustWAC-631987
NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB) intends to procure an outcomes-focused Dementia Support Service that acts as a strategic neighbourhood partner across the dementia pathway within the Norfolk and Waveney locality. The service will contribute to improved population health outcomes, reduced health inequalities, increased community resilience and improved integration between primary care, community services, mental health, social care and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. The procurement will support delivery of the ICB's Ageing Well and Population Health Management priorities, enabling people living with dementia and their carers to remain independent, connected and well for as long as possible.
NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARDWAC-631311
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to notify the market of the Market Engagement event only. This PIN is NOT a call for competition.<br/><br/>NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (hereafter referred to as "the Authority") invites suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement event which will inform the market of the Authority's intention to undertake a competitive procurement process for the provision of WorkWell, Work and Health Support Services on Thursday 6th August 2026 10:0hrs - 11.30hrs<br/><br/>The Authority provides health and care to 1.9 million residents covering the geographical footprint of Essex, including Southend and Thurrock.<br/><br/>The commissioning model will comprise of Local WorkWell Partnerships and a single Essex-wide WorkWell Neighbourhood Work and Health Coach Service, with delivery designed around local government reorganisation footprints and strengthened access at key intervention points, including GP surgeries where Fit Notes are commonly created and maintained. <br/><br/>The programme expects to include a WorkWell Assistance Programme that, in combination with Neighbourhood Work and Health Coaches, supports early intervention. <br/><br/>The Authority intends to procure the new 'WorkWell Service' provision and award appropriate contracts to suitable, technically capable providers. To award the contracts, the most suitable providers must have demonstrably satisfied the minimum Basic Selection Criteria, including financial and economic standing, and satisfy the Key Criteria assessment and the commercial envelope.<br/><br/>The market engagement event will offer an opportunity to engage with stakeholders and for prospective service providers to learn more about the services. The procurement process and timetable will also be shared.<br/><br/>The Market Engagement event will take place virtually via MS Teams Webinar on Thursday 6th August from 10.00hrs – 11.30hrs. <br/><br/>To express interest and participate in the Market Event, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome <br/>The relevant documentation will be available within the “C460866 WorkWell Services” project. <br/><br/>It is free to register on the Atamis portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should providers have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via: [email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035. The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08:0 - 18:0<br/>The deadline for expressions of interest is 17:30hrs on Wednesday 05th August 2026. If you have any questions, please send them through the message centre on the Atamis e-procurement portal.<br/><br/>The Authority has published this PIN to support market engagement for this WorkWell Services only. Any future procurement opportunities pertaining to these services, if undertaken, will be advertised with a separate call for competition via a relevant notice published in the Central Digital Platform (CDP) and all appropriate platforms, once final.
Digital Pathology Solution: Digital Scanning, Image Management, AI Quality Control, AI Diagnostic Integration Framework, Storage and Teleconsultation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) seeks to engage with potential suppliers via this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to seek feedback and information to inform the forthcoming procurement of a comprehensive Digital Pathology Solution for the Department of Histopathology and Diagnostic Cytology and Haemato-oncology departments at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus. CUH is part of the Mid-East-5 Pathology Network, which also includes North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Bedfordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The network is interested in how closer collaboration over Histopathology can be achieved and are considering potential for jointly approaching this procurement to enable a closer working model to be achieved through common digital technology and interoperability.
CUH is a Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) and one of the largest NHS teaching hospital trusts in England. The Department processes approximately over 2000 slides per working day, including H&E, immunohistochemistry (IHC), in-situ hybridisation (ISH), special stains and an 8% annual growth rate projected. The laboratory is working towards running a fully automated pre-analytical and microtomy workflow including the Inpeco Flexpath system; Dainippon Seiki AT-192 trimmer and AS-410M sectioner distributed by Axlab UK, IHC platforms (Leica BOND-III,Leica BOND-PRIME and Ventana BenchMark Ultra Plus), HE staining equipment (Leica Spectra ST and CV), and Epic Beaker as its LIMS.
The current digital pathology system includes the Philips SG300, Objective imaging Glissando and the Philips Image management System.
The anticipated requirements include:
• Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) scanner fleet achieving a minimum aggregate throughput of 400 slides per hour at 40x equivalent resolution or better (0.25 um/pixel minimum) for CE/UKCA-cleared primary diagnostic use, compatible with H&E, IHC, ISH, special stains and cytological preparations
• Image Management System (IMS) providing primary diagnostic reporting, zero-footprint web viewer, bidirectional Epic Beaker integration, and an open AI integration framework for future CE/UKCA-cleared third-party AI algorithm integration without proprietary marketplace lock-in. IMS allowing integration of Macro/Block photography and associated to the Epic Beaker accession number for specimen/block/ slide comparison
• AI-enabled Quality Control (QC) module operating pre-release to the reporting worklist, covering H&E, IHC, and special stains with stain-specific configurable thresholds, integrated rescan workflow and CE/UKCA IVD-MD SaMD regulatory clearance
• Scalable petabyte-class whole slide image storage with UK data residency throughout the contract term, Minimum 1.2 PB usable capacity at contract start, scalable to 7 PB by Year 7. Suppliers may propose on-premise, cloud (UK data centres only), hybrid or nationally managed storage solutions. Solutions that provide or connect to national NHS digital pathology storage programmes are encouraged to describe this capability and the terms of access
• Secure, standards-based whole slide image sharing to support:
(a) intra-NHS sharing across pathology services enabling rapid second opinion and regional MDT collaboration, without requiring bilateral configuration with each receiving organisation;
(b) external sharing to national and international second-opinion centres, academic institutions and clinical trial sponsors via DICOM or encrypted time-limited links without VPN access;
(c) receipt and viewing of inbound images from external senders. All transfers must be encrypted with access audit logging and link expiry controls. Suppliers providing or connecting to national NHS digital pathology image exchange programmes are encouraged to describe this capability and the interoperability standards supported;
(d) de-identified image sharing with annotation for research purposes;
(e) Ability to audit access of shared images/ cases
• Workload management and analytics dashboard: scanner throughput monitoring against a fleet target of >=400 slides/hr, pathologist workload allocation, TAT analytics, error logs and SLA management
• AI Diagnostic Integration Framework: open vendor-neutral API enabling future procurement and integration of CE/UKCA-cleared diagnostic AI algorithms without full platform replacement. Note: diagnostic AI algorithms are not being procured under this notice
The Authority welcomes responses from all supplier types including individual vendors and consortia, established major providers of digital technology solutions, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and niche innovators. Suppliers may respond to the full scope or to individual component areas. The Authority does not pre-determine the delivery model and is open to end-to-end solutions, modular proposals, and solutions that leverage established national NHS infrastructure, provided all requirements set out in this notice are demonstrably met.
The Authority wishes to engage the market on the following specific points:
• Market capability for high-throughput WSI scanning at >=400 slides/hour at 40x for CE/UKCA primary diagnosis, including emerging entrants
• Market capability for specialist scanner with the capability for minimum 60x scanning, polarisation and full z-stack scanning
• CE/UKCA IVD-MD primary diagnosis regulatory status of IMS platforms in the UK and timeline for platforms where clearance is in progress
• Capability to integrate with national NHS digital pathology storage and image exchange programmes via DICOM standards including whether proposed IMS and storage solutions support interoperability with established national NHS infrastructure without mandating a specific viewer or IMS platform at the receiving end
• Open AI framework maturity: vendor-neutral for CE/UKCA third-party diagnostic AI integration; confirmed partner integrations with Paige, Ibex, Visiopharm, PathAI or equivalent; multi-algorithm-per-slide support
• Epic Beaker integration maturity: confirmed bidirectional HL7/FHIR at scale; existing Epic Beaker reference sites
• UK field service and support infrastructure for 7-year contract: engineer response times; parts availability guarantee; preventive maintenance programme
• Available commercial models: capital purchase, managed service, pay-per-scan, reagent-rental equivalent; indicative pricing for 7-year contract at stated volumes
• Social value commitments and NHS Net Zero aligned carbon reduction pathways
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWAC-624301
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is currently developing a new 'Support in the Community Framework' for the provision of community-based support and homecare services for adults with mental health needs. This will be a competitive procurement process, delivered in line with the Procurement Act 2023, and will introduce a structured framework with defined service levels, geographical lots and agreed rates to support a sustainable, high-quality provider market across Hertfordshire. HPFT anticipate the duration of the framework to be for 8 years and will be re-opened every 2 years.
This tender is being run via the Atamis portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
•Suppliers should register on the portal if not already registered.
•To express an interest in this preliminary market engagement, search and select contract reference: C455508 HPFT Social Care in the Community
•Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at – [email protected] or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustWAC-624520
Supply, Installation, Commissioning & Post-Warranty Maintenance of Flow Cytometry Instrumentation and Provision of Reagents
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) seeks to engage with potential suppliers via this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to seek feedback and information to the provision of Flow Cytometry Instrumentation and Reagents to CUH. Clinical flow cytometry is currently performed within the Haematopathology and Oncology Diagnostic Service (HODS) and Immunology departments based in 2 separate locations at Addenbrookes's Hospital.
1. The HODS service is a regional specialist integrated diagnostic and follow-up service for Haematological neoplasms, serving a population of approximately 4 million. HODS perform a wide range of highly complex flow cytometry assays (8-10 colours) including those for monitoring minimal residual disease (MRD). Current workload is around 20,000 assays per year.
2. Immunology at CUH provide a routine diagnostic service of nearly 6,000 tests a year. In collaboration with Clinical and research teams across the Trust, Immunology are expanding their existing repertoire, to support diagnosis of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).
The requirements are anticipated to include:
- Provision of flow cytometry instrumentation (at least two separate flow cytometry systems will be required due to location of clinical laboratories)
- Provision of reagents to support a wide range of diagnostic assays across the two services
- Provision of pre-analytical automation solutions
- Digital connectivity solutions including off-line analysis and integration into EPIC EPR.
The Authority wishes to involve the market in discussing the following general points:
- Current market and market interest in this project
- Available contracting models (incl. reagent rental and lease agreement)
- Currently available or novel solutions for refining the whole workflow process through pre-analytical, analytical, post analytical phases
- Innovation and opportunities (for example Spectral Flow Cytometry)
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWAC-623811