Pre-tender

ESNEFT3266 Electrical Safety Testers

Details

Topic
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Published
6 October 2026
Submission
20 October 2026in 2 weeks

Tender description

Preliminary Market Engagement Notice ESNEFT3266 Electrical Safety Testing Equipment for Medical Device Testing East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to identify suppliers with the capability to provide electrical safety testing equipment for the testing and verification of medical devices. The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the current market, available technologies, product capabilities, support arrangements, and potential procurement options available. This is to become the standard device for the period of 5 years. The Authority will be conducting the further competition under the Procurement Act 2023. We are seeking information from suppliers that can provide equipment capable of supporting electrical safety testing in healthcare environments, including but not limited to: • Medical electrical safety analysers/testers • Portable appliance testing equipment suitable for healthcare applications • Test instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards • Associated software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training services This market engagement exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, or commitment by the Trust to procure any products or services. Responses received will help inform the Trust's procurement strategy and specification development. The Trust welcomes responses from all interested suppliers and reserves the right to use information gathered through this market engagement solely for the purpose of informing any future procurement activity. Participation in this exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published6 October 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich as a healthcare NHS trust. Suppliers submit tenders and requests to participate through its portal at suppliers.multiquote.com. Contract notices are also advertised on Find a Tender. Specifications and tender documents use the NHS Terms and Conditions for Goods and Services. The trust's e-commerce activity sits within Atamis, the NHS-wide platform, including its Evergreen sustainable supplier assessment. Procurement enquiries go through the trust's commissioning team in Ipswich.

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 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, health and social work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 31000000 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • 33000000 · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • 38540000 · Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
  • 38900000 · Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments

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