Notice Information
Notice Title
Great North Healthcare Alliance - Strategic Construction Programme for Service Transformation
Notice Description
This work aims to tackle the deeply tricky challenges of backlog maintenance and infrastructure but also take the opportunity to improve population health, move care closer to people, support a switch to digital services while moving toward net zero. The current work programme across the Alliance for the next four years is, in itself, a significant pipeline, likely to be in the hundreds of millions of pounds and involves some innovative and transformational projects building on work we have already delivered - for example Gateshead's leadership to create a Community Diagnostic Centre at the Metro Centre. We have ambition to go further and are mapping out a 15- year programme, currently potentially valued at up to PS3b. This early engagement gives us the opportunity to share information on technical services, construction and funding, and give you a chance to shape our thinking before we look for more formal partnerships this Autumn. While this is an amazing programme in its own right, it will be a missed opportunity if it does not add to the North East and North Cumbria economy and increase the skills and capability of the region. This scope will be wide and varied, and we anticipate running multiple specific procurements across the programme all of which is subject to funding. We are holding an engagement session on Friday 11th July in Newcastle, due to capacity constraints places are limited, please contact Lynsey Allan if you wish to attend at lynsey.allan@nhs.net
Planning Information
In 2024 Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, North Cumbria Integrated Care Foundation Trust, and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, came together to form the Great North Healthcare Alliance. In addition to collaboration in research, digital services and finance, the Alliance has been looking at how it works together to manage its buildings and supports health and care service transformation across a patch from Whitehaven to Berwick. The engagement deadline may be extended.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0557bf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036877-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2041 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- nuth.procurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Carlisle
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036877-2025
2nd July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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