Notice Information
Notice Title
MCHFT PME for NHP
Notice Description
MCHFT preliminary market engagement process for NHP.
Planning Information
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Authority”) is seeking to engage with suppliers who may have capacity and digital capability to support their ambitious New Hospital Programme (target construction start date of the Summer of 2028 and opening date of 2032), The Authority is currently planning the digital workstream of the Project and wishes to engage with the market at this stage in order to develop its understanding of possible digital and technical solutions available on the market (and in development) to enable the new Leighton Hospital to be a smart and one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in the country. The Authority recognises that to achieve this will require close collaboration with industry to understand how modern, digitally enabled care can be delivered through innovative solutions and future proof technologies. In publishing this preliminary market engagement notice, the Authority is inviting interested suppliers of digital and technical solutions fit for health settings to express their interest in this preliminary market engagement stage. To explain more details of the Project and the Authority’s current view on the digital workstream, the Authority will hold a series of webinars on: • 10 February at 13:00 hours GMT, • 25 February at 15:00 hours GMT • 03 March at 12:00 hours GMT • 10 March 14:00 hours GMT. For any communications or to access this opportunity, please log into the supplier side of the Atamis Health Family eCommercial Portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Atamis project reference C421098.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-064777
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019630-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
48 - Software package and information systems
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
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- CPV Codes
30195900 - Whiteboards and magnetic boards
32424000 - Network infrastructure
32429000 - Telephone network equipment
32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system
32571000 - Communications infrastructure
32573000 - Communications control system
33169500 - Surgical tracking and tracing systems
33192100 - Beds for medical use
33192120 - Hospital beds
33195000 - Patient-monitoring system
34928470 - Signage
35125100 - Sensors
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
48219000 - Miscellaneous networking software package
48311100 - Document management system
48314000 - Voice recognition software package
48332000 - Scheduling software package
48461000 - Analytical or scientific software package
48510000 - Communication software package
48514000 - Remote access software package
48515000 - Video conferencing software package
48517000 - IT software package
48730000 - Security software package
48814100 - Nursing information system
48814200 - Patient-administration system
48814400 - Clinical information system
71314200 - Energy-management services
71700000 - Monitoring and control services
72212330 - Scheduling and productivity software development services
72212420 - Facilities management software development services and software development services suite
72212730 - Security software development services
72222300 - Information technology services
72242000 - Design-modelling services
79710000 - Security services
79996100 - Records management
85100000 - Health services
85111800 - Pathology services
85112000 - Hospital support services
85141220 - Advisory services provided by nurses
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 May 20264 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2037 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
- MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CREWE
- Postcode
- CW1 4TQ
- Post Town
- Crewe
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD62 Cheshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLD62 Cheshire East
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire East
- Electoral Ward
- Leighton
- Westminster Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019630-2026
4th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010786-2026
6th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010310-2026
5th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010207-2026
4th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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