--- title: "Healthcare Office Accommodation" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2021-06-07" --- # Healthcare Office Accommodation Buyer: DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a9ff735d-22e2-4ac1-88fd-99f671336914.json) ## Summary Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is initiating a procurement process titled "Healthcare Office Accommodation" as part of its planning stage. This project aims to assess and understand future office accommodation requirements in response to changing needs post-COVID-19. The engagement period will conclude on 9th July 2021. This tender falls under the industry category of Architectural design services and is located in Dorset, England. Interested parties should submit their expressions of interest with contact details and company information to the specified email. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially those specialising in architectural, engineering, and planning services. Companies that can provide insights into office utilisation, space analysis, and innovative workplace strategies will find this procurement particularly relevant. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary or community sector enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, leveraging their expertise to assist the hospital in modernising office accommodation in alignment with their long-term master plan. ## Notice Dorset County Hospital NHS FT (DCH) would like to understand its future office accommodation requirements, including the required capacity, and is seeking expressions of interest with providers to discuss the potential scope and approach to this work. Our use of office accommodation has changed through the COVID pandemic and so our assumptions as to what we may need to be considered. We have increased our office and administrative footprint to create socially distanced clinical and non-clinical space, whilst we have also seen many more colleagues working from home utilising digital technology. Looking forward we are seeking to rationalise and modernise our office and administrative accommodation as part of our longer-term site masterplan and this work will inform an options appraisal. We are seeking to understand the answer to two key questions: 1. What is our current office and administrative space utilisation? 2. What is our future need for office and administrative accommodation? These are simple questions yet there are multiple complexities to consider; What factors influencing our current utilisation will continue and which will change? What is the future on-site/home-working approach which best suits Team DCH and how can we ensure that aligns to our people commitments?; What hot-desking ratio's should we assume compared to the requirement for collaborative co-production spaces?; should we seek to release pockets of office and admin space in the core hospital?; how will future clinical activity impact on our requirement? We would like to engage with external companies who understand this is not simply about office accommodation but has implications for how we may work clinically as well and will be able to support us to answer these two key questions. We are therefore inviting expressions of interests from those who would be willing to meet to discuss how they would approach and deliver this work. In particular we would like to discuss with you: approach and methodology, scope, information requirements, and your similar experiences from elsewhere and within healthcare settings particularly. Please contact ross.cumber@dchft.nhs.uk Additional information: Please include the following in any EOI submitted: Company Name- Company Background- Primary Contact Details (including Email Address, Telephone Number and Postal Address) ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a73146cc-327b-4626-a9d9-8ea1b072b602 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Jun 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 Jul 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | WILLIAMS AVENUE | | Post town | Dorchester | | Postcode | DT1 2JY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK64 Dorset | | Local authority | Dorset | | Electoral ward | Dorchester West | | Westminster constituency | West Dorset | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 71220000 - Architectural design services - 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services - 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services - 71620000 - Analysis services ## Release History - 7 Jun 2021 at 13:22 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a73146cc-327b-4626-a9d9-8ea1b072b602 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a73146cc-327b-4626-a9d9-8ea1b072b602 7th June 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.dchft.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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