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National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner

Loughborough University · Local authority

In brief

Loughborough University has announced plans to buy healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £6,000,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 1 January 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 14 bids per contract for this buyer (from 10 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Loughborough University, on behalf of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine – East Midlands (NCSEM-EM), is conducting pre-market engagement to explore viable healthcare partnership models for expanding clinical services, diagnostic imaging, and sport and exercise medicine provision at our Olympic legacy facility. We seek market intelligence to inform whether to proceed to formal procurement and, if so, how best to structure specifications, commercial models, and procurement approach. Partnership with healthcare provider(s) to operate and/or expand: •Clinical services: Sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, orthopaedics •Diagnostic…Read the full description
Loughborough University, on behalf of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine – East Midlands (NCSEM-EM), is conducting pre-market engagement to explore viable healthcare partnership models for expanding clinical services, diagnostic imaging, and sport and exercise medicine provision at our Olympic legacy facility. We seek market intelligence to inform whether to proceed to formal procurement and, if so, how best to structure specifications, commercial models, and procurement approach. Partnership with healthcare provider(s) to operate and/or expand: •Clinical services: Sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, orthopaedics •Diagnostic imaging: 3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm fluoroscopy •Operating model Purpose-built facility at Loughborough University campus: •11 clinical consulting rooms (~1,500 sq ft) •343 sq m rehabilitation/gait laboratory •Advanced diagnostic suite (3T MRI, X-ray, DXA, ultrasound, C-arm) •Reception, IT infrastructure, security, parking Any partner must: •Hold (or be able to obtain) CQC registration for proposed services •Demonstrate alignment with sport and exercise medicine focus (not general acute healthcare) •Contribute to teaching / Research This is an academic healthcare partnership, not a purely commercial tenancy. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Loughborough:-Health-services./ZBJ86Z66CZ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZBJ86Z66CZ

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 027677-2026

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From notice 027677-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.