--- title: "Market Engagement Exercise: Paediatric Burn Centre in London, South-East and East of England" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-069735" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069735" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069735.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069735.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2026-05-19" --- # Market Engagement Exercise: Paediatric Burn Centre in London, South-East and East of England Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-069735 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-069735) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-069735.json) ## Summary NHS England is conducting a market engagement exercise for a Paediatric Burn Centre to serve London, South-East, and East of England, categorised under health services. The purpose is to gather insights into the current and future capabilities of potential providers. An updated virtual market engagement event is scheduled for 1st June 2026, and responses to the market engagement are now due by 10th June 2026. This initiative is at the tender update stage, and the aim is to eventually commission services with a contract duration of up to 9.5 years. This procurement offers exceptional opportunities for businesses specialising in advanced medical care, especially those providing paediatric and critical burn injury services. Organisations with comprehensive multi-disciplinary capabilities and experience in managing extensive patient pathways, aligned with the British Burn Association's standards, would be particularly well-suited. Participation in this process facilitates alignment with national healthcare strategies and positions providers at the forefront of specialised care service delivery. ## Notice NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England Specialised Commissioning (referred to as the Commissioner), is undertaking a market engagement exercise to understand the current and future capacity and capability of potential providers within this specialised area. This notice is to advise prospective providers in the market of the commissioner's intention to commission this service and to provide an opportunity to engage with and participate in a market engagement questionnaire. The Commissioner would also like to invite prospective providers to a Virtual Market Engagement Event at 10:00am on Wednesday 20th May 2026. The findings from this market engagement exercise will help inform commissioners of the current and future capacity and capability of the market. The information collected will be considered alongside other evidence to inform commissioners in deciding the commissioning approach. Therefore commissioners also welcome feedback from stakeholders with relevant experience or insight to the service or wider care pathway. Participation to this market engagement will close at 12pm (noon), 3 June 2026. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS England commissions specialist burn care services for children. There are three tiers of specialist burn care - Burn Centres, Burn Units and Burn Facilities which are delivered as part of an Operational Delivery Network. Paediatric Burn Centres provide care for children with the most severe injuries and for those requiring the highest level of critical care from across the operational delivery network. They are also required to provide unit and facility-level care for their more local population. This Market Engagement Exercise only relates to Paediatric Burn Centre care for children with the most severe injuries and for those requiring the highest level of critical care from across the operational delivery network. Whilst the provider will be required to also deliver unit and facility-level care for their more local population as set out in the service specification, NHS England is not seeking expressions of interest from providers only wishing to deliver unit level or facility level burn care provision. The aim of the service is to deliver high quality multi-disciplinary specialist care, to children and young people after burn injury, covering the whole patient pathway from referral to completion of care or transition to adult services. Burn Centres provide care for service users with the most severe injuries and for those requiring the highest level of critical care in line with National Burn Care Referral Guidance 2012 (https://www.britishburnassociation.org/national-burn-care-referral-guidance/). They also provide unit and facility-level care for their more local population. Aligned to the British Burn Association National Standards for the Provision of Adult & Paediatric Burn Care (2023) (https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BBA-BCS-2023-Final-v9.3-1.pdf), paediatric burn care services must be compliant with a series of essential co located and / or interdependent services as set out in the service specification (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230501S-service-specifcation-specialist-burn-care-services-children.pdf). The anticipated contract duration for this service is 8 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the contract up to a further 18 months (maximum contract duration 9.5 years). Documentation relating to this exercise including a questionnaire is available through the Atamis (Health Family) portal. To express your interest, access the questionnaire, and register for the virtual event please follow this link to the Atamis (HealthFamily) portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The project reference is C437725 and the closing date for submission of the completed questionnaire is: 12pm (noon) 3 June 2026. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045686-2026 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 May 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 8UG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth | | Local authority | Lambeth | | Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank | | Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | | Delivery location | TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 19 May 2026 at 10:43 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045686-2026 - 13 May 2026 at 08:09 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043716-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.britishburnassociation.org/national-burn-care-referral-guidance/ - https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BBA-BCS-2023-Final-v9.3-1.pdf - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ - https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230501S-service-specifcation-specialist-burn-care-services-children.pdf ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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