SCH Lift Authorising Engineer

Business ServicesCPV 79417000

Value£55k

Deadline30 Oct 2026

Published25 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 25 Aug 202664 days leftCloses 30 Oct 2026

Who to contact

David Higginbottom

david.higginbottom4@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Tenderers must complete their Tenders within the E-Tendering Portal Atamis - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£55ktotal contract value

median £66k

this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust has published 3 Business Services notices, about every 20 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around April 2028.

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The brief

Provision of a lift authorising engineer for Sheffield Children's Hospitals.

What it takes to bid this

5–9 daysof bid-team effort

£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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