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Tendering and Contracting Procedures

Guide to tendering

The prospects of tendering with a large and complex organisation like Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can be daunting for some companies who are new to the process. This guide to tendering explains what is involved in an easy to understand way.

The trust has to openly advertise all contract opportunities where the value of the contract is likely to be above the threshold as follows:

EU Thresholds

The EU thresholds (from the 1st January 2010) are as follows:

• Supplies £101,323 - excluding V.A.T.
• Services £101,323 - excluding V.A.T.
• Works £3,927,260

These thresholds apply to the total value of the contract over the full contract period and not on a year by year basis. e.g. £50k over a 4 year period equates to a total contract value of £200k which is then subject to EU threshold regulations.

The above thresholds are set by the European Commission and change every two years. The trust has to advertise these opportunities in the Official Journal of the European Union (known as OJEU) first, but will also seek to advertise opportunities in any other area we deem suitable thereafter.

For more information on OJEU visit: http://ted.europa.eu/