Tender

ESNEFT2844 - Stroke Gym

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-005175

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-060ac5

Published 21 January 2026, 11:04am

Scope

Reference

ESNEFT2844

Description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is inviting qualified contractors to participate in a tender exercise for; the refurbishment and alterations to existing ancillary areas to create a new Gymnasium for Stroke Patients including associated alterations to existing Mechanical and Electrical services and drainage work. The following provides a high-level overview of the proposed scope of works under this contract:

• Demolition & Strip-Out: Careful removal of existing partitions, finishes, fixtures, and redundant M&E services, including infilling of selected door openings.

• Structural modifications: Formation of new blockwork walls, partitions, and structural openings to create new gymnasium with administrative space and assessment kitchen.

• Fire Protection: Installation of new fire-rated linings, doors, and service penetrations to achieve compliant fire compartmentation to hazard rooms and protected zones.

• Mechanical Services: Provision of a new HTM03-01 compliant AHU to roof top plant deck with associated ductwork and ventilation to serve the newly formed areas, ductwork routing externally and entering ground floor to supply and extract air for the new gymnasium

• Forming drainage runs from new WC and basins tying back to manhole located in internal courtyard, by thrust boring under main hospital corridor

• Site Management: Works to be undertaken within a live hospital environment with full compliance to infection control standards, site access restrictions, and Trust policies and procedures.

Contractors with demonstrable experience in delivering these works are invited to respond to the questions set out in this document, evidencing their ability to provide services in accordance with ESNEFT's standards. The appointed contractor will support the delivery of safe and effective operational improvements at Ipswich Hospital, contributing to the Trust's ongoing commitment to high-quality patient care and enabling a timely response to evolving service requirements. The Contractor through the evidence provided in their response will assist the Trust in providing some assurance they would be appointing a contractor who is competent and compliant for the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and Building Safety Act 2022.

Capability Assessment with questions and pass/fail criteria will be published and need to be returned by 30th January 2026 (estimated) @ 12pm, the trust will then evaluate and whittle suppliers down to a maximum of 5 suppliers we wish to invite to the formal tender stage.

All enquiries are to be made through the Atamis portal.

Total value (estimated)

£1,000,000 excluding VAT
£1,300,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

27 March 2026 to 30 June 2026
3 months, 5 days

Main procurement category

Works

CPV classifications

45210000 - Building construction work

Submission

Enquiry deadline

30 January 2026, 12:00pm

Submission type

Requests to participate

Deadline for requests to participate

30 January 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

This CA2 Document we require to comolpeted and submitted, ESNEFT will then evaluate responses given and shortlist candidates to 5 to take through to final tender stage.

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

13 February 2026

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name	Type	Weighting
Price	Price	60.00%
Technical	Quality	30.00%
Social Value	Quality	10.00%

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Competitive flexible procedure description

Flexi Comp - Open to Market but shortlisted from this stage down to 5 final bidders within final ITT stage.

Reduced tendering period

Yes

State of urgency - minimum 10 days

Documents

Associated tender documents