Scope
Description
MFT is a regional and national centre of excellence in certain specialist areas and can attract patients from much further afield, including international patients. Research and Innovation activity is conducted across all our Clinical Groups supported by our integrated Research Office, Clinical Delivery and Operational Management teams, Innovation services, and MFT-hosted organisations. These include Health Innovation Manchester and one of the largest National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) portfolios in the country. MFT now sees opportunity for development of private care activity as a fundamental component of financing future growth and attracting world class clinicians. We are now exploring opportunities to expand private care services across the Trust. Our consultants are already actively engaged, ensuring that any development is clinically driven and fully aligned with our patient care priorities. With the right partners, MFT is well positioned to scale up its private care activities by leveraging our infrastructure, specialist expertise, and operational capacity. This market engagement aims to identify interest from regional, national and international hospital operators who share our vision. MFT is open to a range of partnership models - from contractual arrangements to corporate joint ventures - that will optimise our private patient offer, bring further innovation and investment, and which can deliver mutual value and sustainable growth. The purpose of the market engagement is for MFT to understand what types of partnership would be attractive to different potential partners - range of delivery, investment and commercial structures available - such that we can design a procurement process which is likely to lead to the best long-term outcomes for all parties.
Organisations interested in engaging in
this early market dialogue are invited
to submit a completed short Expression
of Interest (EOI) on the form provided
which includes:
• Overview of your organisation and
relevant experience for the delivery
of private practice care, including
any involvement in public sector
partnerships;
• Indicative thoughts on potential
partnership models or innovations;
• Confirmation of investment
capability and capacity;
• Approach to Clinical Governance and
Quality Assurance; and
• Contact details for follow-up
discussions.
We have set out a list of topics aligning,
but not limited to, the EOI in the
supporting information for potential
partner organisations to consider.
This is a preliminary engagement
exercise designed to gather insight
and test feasibility before any formal
procurement. It will help inform our
business case and plans but will not
in any way influence the outcome for
future tender opportunities.
At this stage, no commitment is being
made by the Trust to procure any
services, and no funding or contractual
arrangements are in place.
The Trust is utilising its e-tendering
portal Atamis for this process.
Interested suppliers must register with
the e-tendering Portal which can be
accessed online at https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome. If
Suppliers have any problems with the
portal, please contact the helpdesk
on 029 2279 0058 or via email at
Your responses to the EOI and
any clarification questions should
be uploaded into Atamis. All
communications regarding the process/
outcome will be published via the portal
so please ensure your contact and
registration emails are up to date
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 December 2026 to 3 February 2031
- 4 years, 2 months, 3 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85100000 - Health services
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Engagement
Engagement deadline
23 January 2026
Engagement process description
Organisations interested in engaging in
this early market dialogue are invited
to submit a completed short Expression
of Interest (EOI) on the form provided
which includes:
• Overview of your organisation and
relevant experience for the delivery
of private practice care, including
any involvement in public sector
partnerships;
• Indicative thoughts on potential
partnership models or innovations;
• Confirmation of investment
capability and capacity;
• Approach to Clinical Governance and
Quality Assurance; and
• Contact details for follow-up
discussions.
We have set out a list of topics aligning,
but not limited to, the EOI in the
supporting information for potential
partner organisations to consider.
This is a preliminary engagement
exercise designed to gather insight
and test feasibility before any formal
procurement. It will help inform our
business case and plans but will not
in any way influence the outcome for
future tender opportunities.
At this stage, no commitment is being
made by the Trust to procure any
services, and no funding or contractual
arrangements are in place.
The Trust is utilising its e-tendering
portal Atamis for this process.
Interested suppliers must register with
the e-tendering Portal which can be
accessed online at https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome. If
Suppliers have any problems with the
portal, please contact the helpdesk
on 029 2279 0058 or via email at
Your responses to the EOI and
any clarification questions should
be uploaded into Atamis. All
communications regarding the process/
outcome will be published via the portal
so please ensure your contact and
registration emails are up to date
Contracting authority
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXQG-2592-VYYY
Finance & Procurement Business Unit, Wards 17 & 18, Trafford Hospital
Trafford
M41 5SL
United Kingdom
Region: UKD34 - Greater Manchester South West
Organisation type: Public authority - central government