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Opportunity overview
Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
ESNEFT3266 Electrical Safety Testing Equipment for Medical Device Testing
East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise to identify suppliers with the capability to provide electrical safety testing equipment for the testing and verification of medical devices.
The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the current market, available technologies, product capabilities, support arrangements, and potential procurement options available.
This is to become the standard device for the period of 5 years. The Authority will be conducting the further competition under the Procurement Act 2023.
We are seeking information from suppliers that can provide equipment capable of supporting electrical safety testing in healthcare environments, including but not limited to:
• Medical electrical safety analysers/testers
• Portable appliance testing equipment suitable for healthcare applications
• Test instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards
• Associated software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training services
This market engagement exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, or commitment by the Trust to procure any products or services.
Responses received will help inform the Trust's procurement strategy and specification development.
The Trust welcomes responses from all interested suppliers and reserves the right to use information gathered through this market engagement solely for the purpose of informing any future procurement activity. Participation in this exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
Classification
CPV31000000 — Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
CPV33000000 — Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
CPV38540000 — Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
CPV38900000 — Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
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.
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
33000000
Description
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
38540000
Description
Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
38900000
Description
Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Delivery locations
Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Planning and budget
Milestones
Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Suppliers who believe they can meet these requirements are invited to provide information regarding:
• Product range and technical capabilities
• Compliance with relevant standards and regulations
• Warranty, servicing and calibration arrangements
• Training and user support provisions
• Indicative pricing models
• Framework availability, including PCR2015 and PA23 procurement routes
To participate in this engagement Suppliers must submit an expression of interest to philip.harman@esneft.nhs.uk no later than noon on 19th October 2026.
Due
20 Oct 2026, 00:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
094140-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
1
094140-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage market engagement by East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust for electrical safety testing equipment used to test and verify medical devices. The Trust is seeking supplier information on analysers, healthcare-suitable portable appliance testing equipment, compliant test instruments, and related software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training. This is not a live tender or invitation to bid.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for suppliers of medical electrical safety analysers, healthcare electrical test equipment, PAT equipment, calibration and maintenance services, and associated training or software. Participation is open to interested suppliers, but future tender requirements are unknown.
Key points identified
Equipment capabilityProvide electrical safety testing equipment for testing and verification of medical devices.Evidence: “identify suppliers with the capability to provide electrical safety testing equipment for the testing and verification of medical devices.”
Healthcare useSupport electrical safety testing in healthcare environments.Evidence: “equipment capable of supporting electrical safety testing in healthcare environments”
Standards complianceTest instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards; specific standards are not stated.Evidence: “Test instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards”
96% approved-analysis confidence6 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.
Early-stage market engagement by East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust for electrical safety testing equipment used to test and verify medical devices. The Trust is seeking supplier information on analysers, healthcare-suitable portable appliance testing equipment, compliant test instruments, and related software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training. This is not a live tender or invitation to bid.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for suppliers of medical electrical safety analysers, healthcare electrical test equipment, PAT equipment, calibration and maintenance services, and associated training or software. Participation is open to interested suppliers, but future tender requirements are unknown.
Electrical safety test instrumentation compliant with relevant standards
Associated software and accessories
Calibration, maintenance and training services
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
6 criteria identified
Equipment capability
99% confidence
Provide electrical safety testing equipment for testing and verification of medical devices.
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“identify suppliers with the capability to provide electrical safety testing equipment for the testing and verification of medical devices.”
Healthcare use
99% confidence
Support electrical safety testing in healthcare environments.
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“equipment capable of supporting electrical safety testing in healthcare environments”
Standards compliance
97% confidence
Test instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards; specific standards are not stated.
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“Test instrumentation compliant with relevant electrical safety standards”
Support services
98% confidence
Potential provision of software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training.
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“Associated software, accessories, calibration, maintenance and training services”
Supplier participation
99% confidence
All interested suppliers are welcomed to respond.
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“The Trust welcomes responses from all interested suppliers”
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown at market-engagement stage.
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No selection or exclusion criteria are stated in the supplied notice.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract duration
92% confidence
The intended standard device period is 5 years.
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“This is to become the standard device for the period of 5 years.”
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No value is stated in the supplied opportunity data or notice text.
Commercial terms
99% confidence
Unknown; this is an information-gathering exercise rather than a tender.
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“This market engagement exercise is for information-gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, or commitment by the Trust to procure any products or services.”
Delivery
Delivery geography
91% confidence
UK regions listed: North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West.
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Supplied delivery-location records list UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK.
Delivery timetable
99% confidence
Unknown at this early market-engagement stage.
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No delivery dates or implementation timetable are stated.
Training and maintenance
92% confidence
May be within the future requirement, but scope and service levels are unknown.
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The notice lists “calibration, maintenance and training services” among requested information areas.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage preliminary market engagement; bidding is not open.
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Display status is “upcoming”; the notice states it “does not constitute a call for competition [or] invitation to tender”.
Engagement purpose
99% confidence
To understand the market, technologies, product capabilities, support arrangements and possible procurement options.
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“The purpose of this engagement is to better understand the current market, available technologies, product capabilities, support arrangements, and potential procurement options available.”
Planned future route
96% confidence
The Authority states that it will conduct a further competition under the Procurement Act 2023; the detailed route is unknown.
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“The Authority will be conducting the further competition under the Procurement Act 2023.”
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No response deadline is supplied.
Effect of participation
99% confidence
Participation will not confer an advantage or disadvantage in a subsequent procurement.
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“Participation in this exercise will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
No procurement commitment
99% confidence
The Trust is not committed to procure following this engagement.
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The notice states that the exercise does not constitute a commitment to procure products or services.
Future specification uncertainty
98% confidence
Final technical scope, applicable standards, quantities, support model and evaluation criteria are unknown.
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The engagement is intended to inform the procurement strategy and specification development.
Timetable uncertainty
99% confidence
No response deadline, tender publication date or contract dates are stated.
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Relevant dates are absent from the supplied opportunity data and notice text.
Procurement-route uncertainty
96% confidence
A further competition is indicated, but the framework or detailed competition mechanism is not stated.
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The notice refers only to a “further competition under the Procurement Act 2023”.
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