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Ground Lease in respect of land at Royal Bolton Hospital

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Sep 2026 at 17:16

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

26 Jun 2026 at 16:02

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

16 Jun 2026 at 10:32

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust awarded a ground lease for land at Royal Bolton Hospital in Bolton. The arrangement supports a proposed redevelopment of the hospital entrance, comprising an extended building with improved and expanded retail space, three retail units and circulation space, together with additional retail space and internal refurbishment within the existing hospital building. The procurement is categorised as works, with the related classification describing construction work. The lease is a property arrangement rather than a direct commission to carry out the development: it gives the selected party rights over the land, while any construction or alterations require separate authorisation from the Trust and its wholly owned subsidiary, IFM. The Trust is the buyer and landowner involved in the arrangement.

The procurement is complete and was awarded without competition as a below-threshold direct award. The award decision was recorded on 26 June 2026, with Noviniti Dev Co 14 Ltd and NOVINITI LIMITED named as suppliers. The award value is £30,000 excluding VAT (£36,000 including VAT). The resulting contract was signed on 7 August 2026 and runs from 7 August 2026 to 6 August 2066. The ground lease was preceded by an option agreement entered into on 7 August 2026, initially lasting 39 weeks and subject to extension. The lease carries a 40-year term, subject to break rights. It contains no development obligations; any future licence for alterations and development arrangements require separate Trust authorisation. The process was structured as an exempted land contract.

This procurement shows demand from Bolton NHS Foundation Trust for a long-term hospital-site property and retail development arrangement, with potential construction and refurbishment implications. A credible future competitor would need experience in developing or managing retail facilities within a live hospital environment, including new entrance buildings, retail units, circulation areas and internal refurbishment. Relevant capability would include property development, design development, planning and other consents, construction delivery, professional surveys and the ability to coordinate underleases and rights for completed premises. Suppliers would also need to manage a long-term ground lease, work with an NHS trust and its subsidiary, and fund or underwrite early design and consent activity within agreed limits. The selected arrangement demonstrates that the buyer values a single party able to combine property, development, construction and commercial retail expertise.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Ground Lease in respect of land at Royal Bolton Hospital

Notice Description

On 7th August 2026, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust ("BFT") entered into an Option Agreement with Noviniti Dev Co 14 Ltd ("Noviniti") giving Noviniti the right to call for a Ground Lease in respect of land at Royal Bolton Hospital ("the Hospital") being the site of a proposed new building/extension of the Hospital entrance incorporating improved and extended retail space with the provision of three retail units plus circulation space within the extended building plus additional retail space and internal refurbishment works within the existing Hospital building ("the Potential Development"). The Option Agreement is for an initial period of 39 weeks (subject to extension). HFT has had valuation advice and will grant the Ground Lease (which will be for a term of 40 years subject to earlier break rights) ("the Ground Lease") at a premium which reflects market value as advised by independent valuation advice. IFM (the Trust's wholly owned subsidiary company) is a party to the Option Agreement and will grant rights to Noviniti in the Ground Lease. The Ground Lease does not contain any development obligations upon Noviniti and does not in itself permit Noviniti to undertake the Potential Development unless BFT elects to grant a Licence for Alterations to Noviniti authorising it to undertake the Potential Development. The contractual arrangements are structured as a land contract within Schedule 2 paragraph 8 of the Procurement Act 2023 ("the Act") and underlying case law, and as such an "exempted contract" for the purposes of the Act and the Procurement Regulations 2024. Whilst the Option Agreement and Ground Lease contain no provisions authorising the Potential Development, BFT contemplates the possibility that it may choose to enter into further contractual arrangements with Noviniti at a point in the future (subject to separate BFT authorisations) subject to terms being agreed between Noviniti and BFT. If terms are agreed, then BFT and IFM may authorise Noviniti to undertake the Potential Development via a Licence for Alterations. At that stage, Noviniti and BFT and IFM (together with other relevant third parties) would enter into an Agreement for Underleases leading to (inter alia) the construction of the Potential Development and the grant of underleases to relevant third parties and BFT of parts of the completed Potential Development. In the event that BFT chooses not to enter into further documentation with Noviniti, then BFT will have a right to terminate the Ground Lease on the second anniversary of the date of the grant of the Ground Lease, provided that works to construct the Potential Development have not commenced. The Ground Lease is subject to a further break clause in favour of BFT on the 35th anniversary of the date of completion by Noviniti of the construction works constituting the Potential Development. Noviniti will also have the right to break the Ground Lease at the expiry of the first anniversary of the Ground Lease. The arrangements between Noviniti and BFT include a cost underwrite by BFT of Noviniti's costs incurred in pursuing consents and design development capped in accordance with an agreed schedule. Those costs are not payable in circumstances where Noviniti and BFT enter into further documentation and Noviniti undertakes the Potential Development. In circumstances where Noviniti does not undertake the Potential Development, then the costs become payable by BFT and in return Noviniti is obliged to assign the benefit of all reports and surveys undertaken and reliance rights from the professionals engaged by Noviniti. The contractual arrangements referenced in this Notice were previously the subject of a Contract Award Notice dated 26th June 2026 and prior to that the subject of a Transparency Notice dated 16th June 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b59b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084619-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£30,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
£30,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Jun 20264 months ago
Contract Period
7 Aug 2026 - 7 Aug 2066 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active, Pending
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BOLTON
Postcode
BL4 0JR
Postcode Area
Bolton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD36 Greater Manchester North West
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bolton
Electoral Ward
Farnworth North
Westminster Constituency
Bolton South and Walkden

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Noviniti Dev Co 14 Ltd

NOVINITI LIMITED

Further Information

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