NHS Estates Technical Standards & Guidance Programme

NHS England
London
Open procedure
31 March 2024 to 31 March 2028

Scoping, production, and stakeholder engagement for Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) across multiple lots including priority HBNs/HTMs and firecode. Requires specialist healthcare architects, planners, engineers, technical authors, editors, and PMO resources over a 4-year period.

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Awarded value: £7.9m; As published
Published: 15 November 2022
Awarded: 1 July 2025; Archus
Contract length: 48 months; Ends 31 March 2028

What the contract covers

External specialist consultancy support

Provision of specialist consultancy services for healthcare estates technical standards, building notes, and engineering memoranda development.

External specialist consultancy support providing the resource and expertise required for NHS England to progress updates to Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs)

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 2 HTM 05-series (Firecode)	£663k	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: External specialist consultancy support
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 48 months
Contract dates: 31 March 2024 to 31 March 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 2
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 71000000, 71530000, 71240000

Services in this contract

Technical authoring and report writingMain service£36k typicalTechnical authoring of NHS Health Building Notes and Technical Memoranda

Lifecycle

Published
15 November 2022
Contract awardedto Archus
1 July 2025
Contract starts
31 March 2024
Contract ends
31 March 2028

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Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/293116/nhs-estates-technical-standards-and-guidance-programme
Buyer reference: CF-3111500D0O000000rwimUAA
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-eb78213a-b63d-49a5-ae9b-383f86895312
Last checked: 5 November 2026

NHS England. NHS Estates Technical Standards & Guidance Programme. Contract award, 15 November 2022. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/293116/nhs-estates-technical-standards-and-guidance-programme (accessed 5 November 2026).