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Replacement of Water Plant Installation and Reverse Osmosis (RO) Units at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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29 Jul 2026 at 10:21

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is planning services to replace water plant installations and reverse osmosis (RO) units that provide treated water to two haemodialysis wards across the Trust’s estate. The future requirement also includes associated ongoing maintenance. This is specialist hospital water-supply infrastructure rather than general hospital dialysis provision. The work is to be delivered for the Trust in Reading, within the United Kingdom. The procurement is classified as services and concerns the operation of water supplies and hospital dialysis-related services. The Trust is using this exercise to understand the market and shape its future procurement strategy, including the replacement works and the maintenance arrangements needed after installation.

This process is at the planning stage and is a preliminary market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. The Trust expects to publish the next notice on 1 October 2026 and has indicated a contract period from 1 January to 31 March 2027. The estimated value is £287,500 excluding VAT and £345,000 including VAT. The requirement is above the applicable threshold and is being treated as a light-touch services procurement. It is currently structured as one lot, with a planned three-month contract period. Providers are invited to submit an expression of interest and completed questionnaire for the engagement exercise, with the buyer’s stated return point being 12:00 on 12 August 2026; the engagement milestone is recorded through 31 August 2026.

The exercise is likely to suit specialist water-treatment and healthcare engineering providers able to replace hospital water plant and RO equipment and then provide reliable maintenance. Relevant suppliers will need practical experience of treated-water systems serving haemodialysis environments, including the operational demands of supplying two hospital wards. Firms with both installation and planned or responsive maintenance capability should be well placed to contribute to the future requirement. Small and medium-sized enterprises are identified as suitable for the planned lot, so the work may be accessible to focused specialist contractors as well as larger healthcare infrastructure providers. The immediate purpose is preparation: interested businesses can use the market engagement to explain their capabilities, answer the questionnaire and help influence the eventual procurement strategy.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Replacement of Water Plant Installation and Reverse Osmosis (RO) Units at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT)

Notice Description

Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust ("RBFT" or "the Trust") is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement ("PME") to inform the future procurement strategy for the replacement of their water plant installations and Reverse Osmosis (RO) units, currently providing treated water into two haemodialysis wards within the RBFT estate. As well as the associated maintenance contract requirements going forward. This is a market engagement exercise only at this point and the Trust are looking for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from providers and feedback to inform their procurement strategy.

Planning Information

Providers who wish to register their Expression of Interest (EOI) are invited to complete a market engagement form, which includes full details of the current specification and a questionnaire. The form can be requested by emailing jamie.mackay@royalberkshire.nhs.uk If interested, your EOI and completed questionnaire must be returned by 12:00 Wednesday 12th August 2026. Any EOI's submitted past this point may not be reviewed.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d612
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071551-2026
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

65 - Public utilities

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

65130000 - Operation of water supplies

85111900 - Hospital dialysis services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£287,500 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 1-6 months
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
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
READING
Postcode
RG1 5AN
Postcode Area
Reading
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ16 Berkshire West
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Reading
Electoral Ward
Redlands
Westminster Constituency
Reading Central

Further Information

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