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title: "Medical Vacuum Plant Replacement Works"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dee2"
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buyer: "West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust"
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# Medical Vacuum Plant Replacement Works

Buyer: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dee2

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## Summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust procured specialist medical gas infrastructure works to replace the medical vacuum plant serving its Day Surgery Unit in Bury St Edmunds. The requirement covered the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a replacement medical vacuum system and associated equipment. The purpose was to maintain a safe, reliable and compliant medical gas pipeline system supporting surgical and clinical services. This is a healthcare engineering and installation requirement, including compressed-air pipeline work (CPV 45231500). The work was for the Trust’s clinical facilities and involved replacement of an existing vacuum plant rather than the provision of routine medical gas consumables or general building services. Suppliers would therefore need to operate in the specialist medical gas infrastructure and healthcare engineering market.

The procurement was completed through a below-threshold limited competition. The contract was awarded to M & M Medical Limited on 4 November 2025 for £30,210.25 excluding VAT, or £36,252.30 including VAT. The contract period runs from 30 November 2025 to 29 November 2026, and the contract is active. The award covered one completed lot and one supplier. The tender itself is recorded as complete, while the award and contract are active. The stated outcome reflects a defined replacement works package, rather than a framework or a multi-supplier arrangement. The procurement was evaluated through the limited competition route, with the published information identifying the requirement, successful supplier, contract value and delivery period.

This opportunity indicates demand from an NHS foundation trust for specialist medical vacuum plant replacement and associated medical gas infrastructure works. Competitors would need to be credible in designing, supplying and installing replacement vacuum systems in a clinical environment, with the technical capability to test and commission the completed installation. Experience of medical gas pipeline systems and the ability to deliver work safely around surgical and clinical services would be important. Compliance-focused engineering practices are central to the requirement, since the system must be safe, reliable and suitable for healthcare use. The winning supplier was an SME, showing that a specialist smaller business can undertake this scale of NHS infrastructure work through a limited competition. Firms with comparable healthcare installation references and dependable commissioning capacity would be well placed for similar requirements from this buyer.

## Notice

Provision of specialist medical gas infrastructure works to replace the vacuum plant serving the Trust's Day Surgery Unit. The works include the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a replacement medical vacuum system and associated equipment, supporting the Trust in maintaining a safe, reliable and compliant medical gas pipeline system required for the delivery of surgical and clinical services

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075195-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited 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 | 30 Nov 2025 - 29 Nov 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,210 |

## 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 | M & M Medical Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45231500 - Compressed-air pipeline work

## Release History

- 7 Aug 2026 at 11:12 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075195-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075195-2026
  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/

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