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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Soft FM services for LSCFT

Business ServicesCPV 79993100
Value£350.0m
Deadline24 Sept 2026
Published14 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 14 Aug 202636 days leftCloses 24 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Stephen McGarry
stephen.mcgarry@lscft.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Tender on atamis portal - reference C465019 (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin?startURL=%2F)

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Contract value in context
£350.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£378.0m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has published 21 notices across all categories.

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The brief

The Authority intends to appoint a suitably experienced Soft FM Service Provider capable of delivering high quality, responsive, resilient and value-for-money services, The anticipated scope of Services includes, without limitation, domestic services, cleaning, catering, laundry and linen, logistics, waste management, helpdesk and associated Soft FM management services.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

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

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e4c7
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
077742-2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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