Notice Information
Notice Title
Hire of Supplementary Heating, Lighting and Cooling Equipment
Notice Description
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement to hire equipment, both on a pre-planned and an emergency basis to support mobile collection sessions across the whole of England. This includes supplementary heating, lighting, and cooling equipment. NHSBT is responsible for collecting sufficient blood products to meet the demand of all hospitals. NHSBT's vision is to save and improve lives by continually striving to improve the safety, availability, quality, and efficiency of our services. To meet these demands, NHSBT operates approximately 50 mobile collection teams, who collect blood products every day of the week. For this, NHSBT hire local community venues across England ranging from small village halls to sports centre halls. The venue set up, and processes, used are required by law to comply with Blood, Safety and Quality Regulations to ensure the safety of donors and patients. The venue, and all equipment (including hired equipment) used within it, may therefore be subject to external regulatory inspection at any time. NHSBT collection sessions, typically operate from 8:00 until 18.00, or from 10.30 until 20.30. Other community groups may have access to the collection venues either before, during, or after these session times. Not all venues used for collection can provide all three considerations of heating, lighting and/or cooling equipment to the required standard, and additional heating, lighting and cooling equipment has to be hired. Delivery and collection of this equipment may be required on an urgent basis or out of hours. NHSBT wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in this opportunity to Supplier engagement meetings to be held on 25th July 2025. Any interested organisations are asked to contact rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk and carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk by no later than 17:00 on the 21st July 2025 to express their interest. If you do not respond by this date, you are not excluded from participating in the forthcoming tender, this date is to allow for optional supplier engagement meetings to be organised. There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria and timescales may be released for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this notice. Please note that all details are subject to change.
Planning Information
NHSBT wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in this opportunity to Supplier engagement meetings to be held on 25th July 2025. Any interested organisations are asked to contact rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk and carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk by no later than 17:00 on the 21st July 2025 to express their interest.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0558be
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037290-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
42 - Industrial machinery
45 - Construction work
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
31500000 - Lighting equipment and electric lamps
39715200 - Heating equipment
42500000 - Cooling and ventilation equipment
45500000 - Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator
79993000 - Building and facilities management services
79993100 - Facilities management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Apr 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2030 4-5 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
- NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
- Contact Name
- Carley Butcher
- Contact Email
- carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 7QH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Filton
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037290-2025
4th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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