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title: "WSFT - Works - MECU Refurb QS services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dece"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-08-07"
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# WSFT - Works - MECU Refurb QS services

Buyer: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dece

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## Summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust procured quantity surveying consultancy services for its UEC-funded capital works programme at its estate in Bury St Edmunds. The work supports cost control, budget management and commercial oversight during delivery of refurbishment and alteration projects. These include refurbishment of the MECU, a new staff changing area, Emergency Department reception desk works, a bereavement room, Muslim WC provision, remodelling an existing changing area into an Emergency Department staff break room, bariatric bed store works and a gender-neutral WC. This is a construction cost consultancy and commercial management requirement, classified under quantity surveying services. The buyer is an NHS foundation trust, and the services relate to active healthcare estate works and associated site-specific requirements.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. It was awarded directly to Castons Consulting Limited without competition under a below-threshold procedure, for technical and operational reasons concerning continuity of existing estates works. The contract was signed on 4 November 2025 and runs from 4 November 2025 to 3 May 2026. Its value is £43,750 excluding VAT and £52,500 including VAT. The award covers a single lot and a single supplier. The Trust stated that the supplier’s existing knowledge of its estate, ongoing works and site requirements was needed to avoid disruption, design and delivery delays, health and safety risks, and additional mobilisation and knowledge-transfer costs. The requirement was not competitively procured before commencement.

This opportunity demonstrates demand from West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust for quantity surveying and commercial oversight across a live, complex healthcare refurbishment programme. A credible future competitor would need to control costs and budgets across multiple small and interdependent capital works, while providing reliable commercial advice throughout delivery. Relevant experience of healthcare estates, occupied or operational clinical environments, and site-specific construction constraints would strengthen a supplier’s position. The requirement also shows the importance the Trust places on continuity, understanding partially completed works and existing designs, and avoiding disruption or safety risks. Suppliers should therefore be able to demonstrate practical knowledge transfer, rapid mobilisation, coordination with estates and project teams, and the capacity to manage several refurbishment workstreams under one programme.

## Notice

Provision of quantity surveying consultancy services to support the Trust's UEC funded capital works programme. QS activities associated with the refurbishment of the MECU, creation of a new staff changing area, Emergency Department reception desk works, bereavement room refurbishment, Muslim WC provision, remodelling of an existing changing area to create an Emergency Department staff break room, bariatric bed store works and the provision of a gender-neutral WC. The service supports the Trust in ensuring effective cost control, budget management and commercial oversight throughout project delivery. This contract has been awarded directly to a single supplier for technical and operational reasons relating to continuity of existing estates works. The supplier retains detailed knowledge of the Trust's estate, ongoing works, and site-specific requirements. Introducing an alternative supplier at this stage would create risks including disruption to ongoing works, delays or issues with existing designs and partially completed works, potential health and safety impacts, and additional cost and delay caused by mobilisation and knowledge transfer. The Trust acknowledges that this requirement was not procured under a competitive process before commencement. This approach was chosen due to the need to manage immediate operational and safety risks rather than standard procurement practice and limits competition and may be subject to external review or challenge.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075159-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 4 Nov 2025 - 3 May 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £43,750 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | BURY ST EDMUNDS |
| Postcode area | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP33 2QZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH64 West Suffolk |
| Local authority | West Suffolk |
| Electoral ward | Southgate |
| Westminster constituency | Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Castons Consulting Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71324000 - Quantity surveying services

## Release History

- 7 Aug 2026 at 10:38 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075159-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075159-2026
  7th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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