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Joint Venture Partnership in Private Healthcare Provision - UHD

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Opportunity for Joint Venture Partnership in Private Healthcare Provision University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) is on a transformative journey to become home to the UK’s largest planned care hospital, offering an unrivalled breadth and volume of elective services. As part of this ambitious programme, we are seeking a high-calibre private healthcare operator to join us as a Joint Venture (JV) partner. This is a unique opportunity to co-develop and grow our Private Patient (PP) services in a way that aligns with our core values and benefits the wider population. We are not seeking capital investment or construction partners. Instead, we are focused on finding a strategic service partner—a proven operator in private healthcare with a strong track record of delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. Dorset represents a significant growth market for private care, currently under-served relative to demand. A successful private offering will not only provide greater choice for patients but also support UHD’s mission to maximise the impact of our £900m NHS budget on the health and wellbeing of our community. UHD is midway through a £550 million estates and service transformation programme. With excellent clinical teams and a strong operational foundation already in place, we are ready to expand our private care capabilities in partnership with an organisation that shares our commitment to excellence, integrity, and innovation. We are now inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified JV private healthcare partners. Following this stage, an open tender will be conducted and interested parties will be invited to participate in a tender exercise where a partner will be selected to form a strategic partnership with UHD. For more information, please visit our UHD website and submit your expression of interest no later than 14:00 on the 13th of June. EOI Submissions should be made directly via email to Sean.fuller@uhd.nhs.uk and should include a brief overview of your organisation, and a short description of your experience in this area with contact details where tender invites can be sent.

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • Lot 1£125m

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-051fe6
Status
active
Has Recurrence
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Expression Of Interest Deadline
16 Jul 2025, 14:00

Procedure

Features
Multi-stage procurement as described in invitation to tender.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
1 Feb 2040, 23:59

Expected award period

Ends
1 Feb 2026, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
15 Oct 2025, 16:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
16 Jun 2025, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
8 Oct 2025, 16:00

Special regime

concession

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
125,000,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
150,000,000

Options

Description
As per ITT

Renewal

Description
60 months in aggregate

Award criteria

Weighting Description
As per ITT Documents

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Criterion 2
Name
Social Values
Type
quality
Criterion 3
Name
Mandatory
Type
price
Criterion 4
Name
Financial
Type
price
Criterion 5
Name
Presentation
Type
quality

Contract period

Ends
29 Feb 2036, 23:59
Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
28 Feb 2041, 23:59

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Description
EOI
For Reduction
Yes

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKK24
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
056276-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
12 Sept 2025, 15:19

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
025516-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
23 May 2025, 08:52
Entry 2
Id
029572-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK3
Description
Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
3 Jun 2025, 15:09

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBGQ-3462-MVRD
Name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK24
Country
GB
Locality
POOLE
Postal Code
BH15 2JB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Management Offices, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PBGQ-3462-MVRD
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Sean Fuller
Telephone
0300 019 5972

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · POOLE · UKK24 · BH15 2JB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK24 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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