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Healthcare at Short-Term Holding Facilities

Home Office · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 24 Sept 2026, 09:41.

Opportunity overview

The Home Office seeks to engage suppliers for the provision of healthcare services at short-term holding facilities and ports of entry across the UK. These services will support individuals whilst detained for short periods of time including in, but not limited to, short-term holding facilities as defined under the Short-Term Holding Facilities Rules 2018 (as amended), where individuals can be held up to 24 hours. The Authority is seeking a flexible, responsive and value for money healthcare solution that meets the basic needs of individuals and can be flexible to different service environments; the short-term holding facilities are located at different location types across the UK which include Airports, Seaports, and Reporting Centres. Remote Healthcare Services: This market engagement aims to understand supplier capabilities and appetite, to further refine the Authority’s specification and gather feedback on the proposed approach of remote healthcare services. This includes gaining further understanding of both the provision of Clinicians to undertake remote consultations and the provision of IT infrastructure required to deliver a remote only healthcare service. The content of this Notice, including the nature of services and the start date of the contract, is subject to change. The contract is expected to commence in early 2028. The length of contract has not been confirmed yet. For the purposes of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, the estimated contract value has been listed as £0. This figure does not reflect the expected final value of the contract. The actual estimated value is currently being finalised and will be shared later.

Classification

  • CPV48180000 — Medical software package
  • CPV85100000 — Health services
  • CPV85112200 — Outpatient care services
  • CPV85120000 — Medical practice and related services
  • CPV85121000 — Medical practice services
  • CPV85121100 — General-practitioner services
  • CPV85140000 — Miscellaneous health services
  • CPV85141000 — Services provided by medical personnel
  • CPV85141200 — Services provided by nurses
  • CPV85141220 — Advisory services provided by nurses
  • CPV85142000 — Paramedical services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
Project_20280
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Mar 2027, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
6 Jan 2028, 00:00
Ends
6 Jan 2033, 23:59
Max Extent Date
6 Jan 2035, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85120000
Description
Medical practice and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
85121000
Description
Medical practice services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
85121100
Description
General-practitioner services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
85112200
Description
Outpatient care services
Entry 6
Scheme
CPV
Id
85140000
Description
Miscellaneous health services
Entry 7
Scheme
CPV
Id
85141000
Description
Services provided by medical personnel
Entry 8
Scheme
CPV
Id
85141200
Description
Services provided by nurses
Entry 9
Scheme
CPV
Id
85141220
Description
Advisory services provided by nurses
Entry 10
Scheme
CPV
Id
85142000
Description
Paramedical services
Entry 11
Scheme
CPV
Id
48180000
Description
Medical software package

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Participants must first be registered on the Home Office eSourcing Suite (Jaggaer). Registration can be completed online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by selecting the “Register Here” link. A valid DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet is required for the organisation being registered. To access the market engagement documents, suppliers must sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), which can be downloaded from Jaggaer under Project_20280. An email should be sent to Healthcare.STHF@homeoffice.gov.uk. The email should be titled "Healthcare at Short Term Holding Facilities – Expression of Interest" and must clearly state the supplier’s interest in participating in the Market Engagement. The email should include the supplier’s organisation name, contact name, email address and contact number. Once the NDA has been signed and the email submission is complete, the Market Engagement documents will be made available through an invitation to the PQQ event under Project_20280 on Jaggaer. All suppliers, who sign the NDA, will be invited to complete a Supplier Questionnaire to provide their insight. To ensure fairness, transparency, and equal treatment, all suppliers will have access to the same information that was made available to all suppliers during the initial preliminary market engagement under the previous published notice (2026/S 000-043496). This includes the background note, virtual industry day pack, subsequent Q&A responses and previous questionnaire (which suppliers are also welcome to complete if they choose). All written engagement with suppliers will be managed through Jaggaer, except for the Expression of Interest email. If you have any questions regarding this market engagement, please submit them through Jaggaer.
Due
1 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
084421-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Sept 2026, 13:38
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Home Office
Id
GB-PPON-PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWGC-6513-PQLZ

Address

Street Address
2 Marsham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P 4DF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 043496-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 084421-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·