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CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Theatre Shoes

Clothing & TextilesCPV 18800000
Value£51k
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Published9 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 9 Sept 202619 days leftCloses 28 Sept 2026
Who to contact
choice.contractsteam@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£51ktotal contract value
median £263k
this tender£0£9.4m

This sits below the typical range for Clothing & Footwear contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 1,446 valued Clothing & Footwear tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED has published 67 notices across all categories, and 38% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Standardisation of theatre shoes across South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

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%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • 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-06f5dd
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
085484-2026
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