SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE DECONTAMINATION SERVICE
Details
- Published
- 7 October 2025
- Submission
- 10 November 2025
- Source
- uk:atamis:dhsc
Tender description
This Early Market Engagement (EME) is being led by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH or the ‘Authority’) on behalf of the East Midlands Decontamination Collaboration (EMDC), a partnership between Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH or SFHFT) (collectively referred to as the ‘Collaboration’). The Collaboration is seeking to engage with decontamination service providers (Suppliers) to raise awareness of its future plans for Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) and endoscope decontamination services. The purpose of this Early Market Engagement (EME) is to: o Understand what solutions, models, and innovations are currently available in the market. o Learn from previous examples of similar projects delivered elsewhere. o Gather Supplier views on potential delivery approaches, risks, and enablers. o Explore opportunities for collaboration and transitional support options.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published7 October 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date10 November 2025
About the buyer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust runs acute and specialist hospital care across Nottingham, and buys as a Healthcare provider with supplier invoices processed through NHS SBS. Five sites, including Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, deliver the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre. Around 20,000 staff support patient care across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Suppliers are paid under a no purchase order, no pay policy. The trust partners with Medilink East Midlands on the INSTILS programme to engage medtech suppliers.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's contract awards have been in IT services, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust.gov |
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