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title: "Tympanic Thermometers and Associated Consumables"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"
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# Tympanic Thermometers and Associated Consumables

Buyer: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077fba

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## Summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust intends to procure tympanic thermometers and disposable probe covers for use across its healthcare services. The requirement covers devices and associated consumables, with solutions to support inpatient wards, outpatient departments, emergency care areas and theatre services. The Trust is seeking to understand available thermometer functionality, clinical performance, technological developments and deployment options across these settings. This is a medical equipment and consumables requirement, including thermometers (CPV 38412000). Delivery is for Gloucestershire, England.

The process is at planning and the Trust is conducting pre-market engagement to inform its procurement strategy, specification, evaluation criteria and overall requirement; this is not an invitation to tender or a commitment to proceed. Suppliers are invited to register interest and complete a Market Engagement Questionnaire through the Atamis e-Sourcing portal. The Trust expects market engagement to close on 23 November 2026 and says supplier feedback meetings are expected before 9 December 2026; the project description gives a later expectation of before 11 December 2026. A future notice is anticipated by 15 March 2027. The planned procurement is one lot, with a stated value of £165,000 excluding VAT and £198,000 including VAT. The anticipated contract runs from 1 April 2028 to 31 March 2030, with possible extension to 31 March 2032.

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## Notice

The Trust is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise to gain a better understanding of the current market for tympanic thermometers and associated disposable probe covers. The information gathered will help inform the development of the procurement strategy, specification, evaluation criteria and overall requirement. This engagement does not constitute a commitment to commence a procurement process and is intended solely to gather market intelligence and supplier feedback. The Trust is interested in understanding the range of tympanic thermometer solutions currently available, including device functionality, clinical performance, technological developments and options for deployment across a variety of healthcare settings, including inpatient wards, outpatient departments, emergency care areas and theatre services. Through this pre-market engagement, the Trust aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the available market solutions, supplier capabilities, emerging innovations and potential procurement options in order to inform the future procurement of tympanic thermometers and associated probe covers. The Trust will contact all suppliers who participated once the pre-market engagement has closed, to arrange a supplier feedback meeting. We expect these meetings to take place before 11 December 2026.

### Planning Information

The market engagement documentation is available for unrestricted and direct access, free of charge, via the Health Family e-Sourcing portal (Atamis) at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to register their interest by accessing the Atamis e-Sourcing portal and searching for Atamis Reference: C473302.
Requests to participate must be submitted electronically via Atamis. Upon registration, suppliers will be granted access to the published materials, which include the Market Engagement Questionnaire. Respondents are encouraged to review and complete this questionnaire as part of the engagement process.
The Trust will contact all suppliers who participated once the pre‑market engagement has closed, to arrange a supplier feedback meeting. We expect these meetings to take place before 9 December 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093348-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| 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 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Mar 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2028 - 31 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £165,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | GLOUCESTER |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL53 7AN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Cheltenham |
| Electoral ward | College |
| Westminster constituency | Cheltenham |
| Delivery location | TLK13 Gloucestershire CC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 33140000 - Medical consumables
- 38412000 - Thermometers

## Release History

- 2 Oct 2026 at 13:23 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093348-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093348-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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