Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ce6-3d2c-7283-800b-0b535969a78a/servicing-and-maintenance-of-the-nottingham-city-hospital-aerocom-pneumatic-air awarded GB negotiated without publication procedure Suitable for SMEs # Servicing and Maintenance of the Nottingham City Hospital Aerocom Pneumatic Air Tube System [Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust) Estimated value £200,000 Published 8 Apr 2024 Deadline Closed 31 Mar 2024 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The contract is for the servicing and maintenance of the Aerocom pneumatic air tube system at the Nottingham City Hospital (the Services) to ensure the pneumatic tube system is subject to routine planned maintenance, mitigating the risk of downtime (e.g. due to a fault) and facilitate call outs in the event of such faults. The pneumatic air tube system enables the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Trust) to meet its needs as a provider of healthcare services. For example, connecting wards, surgical rooms and departments with the hospital's laboratory and central pharmacy, shortening delivery times of samples, medicines and any associated documents - minimising the requirement for manual handling. The Trust's in situ pneumatic air tube system at Nottingham City Hospital is manufactured by Aerocom UK Ltd. The Trust requires a Supplier for provision of both planned and reactive servicing and maintenance of the in situ pneumatic air tube system at the Nottingham City Hospital. The Trust's objectives are to maintain a high level of reliability and availability of its systems by ensuring sufficient provision of both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive response to call outs and call backs/breakdowns maintained at agreed performance levels, whilst ensuring value for money. The Trust has the following key requirements: - Guaranteed next day call out for reactive maintenance - Minimum of 2 PPM visits per annum - 24/7 telephone/remote support It is understood the existing Aerocom pneumatic tube system in situ at the Nottingham City Hospital is a closed protocol system and only Aerocom UK Ltd are able to service, maintain and repair the system. Therefore competition is absent for technical reasons on the grounds To substantiate this, a Prior Information Notice (PIN) notice was published as a Request for Information (RFI) to understand the market's capability to provide the Services. Based on the response received to the RFI indicating the pneumatic system at the Nottingham City Hospital is closed protocol, the Trust has awarded the contract based on relevant grounds under regulation 32 (Use of negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contract Regulations. Read full description ## CPV classification Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/79433e9e-b463-4d2a-99d1-9cbec4105062) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nottingham-university-hospitals-nhs-trust) [Sector More Repair & maintenance services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/repair-maintenance) ## More tenders like this [Three Year Electrical Inspection Contract, Various Addresses, North Glasgow · Cadder Housing Association · 31 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1592e-eca9-7368-91ad-6d9895d52d76/three-year-electrical-inspection-contract-various-addresses-north-glasgow) [Repair and maintenance services of machinery – OC éénmalig groot onderhoud/herstel van trekkasten · Universiteit Antwerpen · 29 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156aa-0d29-7236-a054-8185a003e295/belgium-repair-and-maintenance-services-of-machinery-oc-eenmalig-groot-onder) [Repair and maintenance services of building installations – Exploitation, maintenance et entretien des installations techniques et gestion des énergies des juridictions des arrondissements judiciaires de Libourne, Bayonne, Dax et Mont de Marsan · Cour d'appel de Bordeaux · 38 days left · 27 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-aa66-7290-be0e-4041ceb1e324/france-repair-and-maintenance-services-of-building-installations-exploitatio) [Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment – Servicii mentenanță preventivă echipamente medicale · Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta SF. Pantelimon · 37 days left · 25 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8ec5-71a7-89e3-ac566cee5379/romania-repair-and-maintenance-services-of-medical-and-surgical-equipment-se) [Repair and maintenance services of building installations – ENTRETIEN - MAINTENANCE DES TOITURES TERRASSES DES IMMEUBLES DE L'URSSAF ILE DE FRANCE · Urssaf Ile de France · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156aa-0cfa-71b5-bde2-6fe071c7e927/france-repair-and-maintenance-services-of-building-installations-entretien) [Repair and maintenance services of building installations – Marché d'exploitation des Installations de chauffage, de climatisation, traitement d'eau, de vapeur et de groupes électrogènes aux Centres Hospitaliers de Romorantin-Lanthenay et Vendôme-Montoire Type P1-P2-P3 · CH Blois Etablissement support du GHT Santé 41 · 29 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6183-7217-9df5-7eaf0f5048fd/france-repair-and-maintenance-services-of-building-installations-marche-dex)