Lincoln and Boston Creche

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United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust currently have a crèche service provided to Trust staff at Lincoln County Hospital and Boston Pilgrim Hospital. We are looking for a long term partner to build a new facility on the grounds of the hospitals and then to operate a crèche service. Lot 1: Lincoln Location<br/><br/>Land will be provided by the Trust via a long term lease, with options to purchase should that be required. After the lease period the property will revert to Trust ownership should a purchase agreement not be agreed. Location can be viewed on site. <br/><br/>Boston Location<br/><br/>To be identified by the service partner with support and agreement from the Trust. <br/><br/>Lincoln and Boston Service Requirements<br/><br/>We require the service to provide a capacity for 80 children, between the hours of 6am to 10pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.<br/><br/>Car parking facilities and garden space must be provided within the design, and to ensure all security and safeguarding measures are included.<br/><br/>The building must comply with all building and other relevant regulations and will be overseen by the Trust’s capital projects team for compliance.<br/><br/>Expression of Interest<br/><br/>At this stage the Trust are requesting expressions of interest to explore both opportunities further and to design stage.<br/><br/>The Trust is open to all enquires, whether, current crèche providers, building contractors, private businesses. Crèche providers can partner with a suitable building contractor, or vice versa to deliver the overall project which we hope to launch April 2026.<br/><br/>We are also open to a build only option, from which the Trust can either lease directly to then procure a crèche provider, or the building could be leased by the crèche provider directly in order to provide the Trust the service required.<br/><br/>The cut-off date for expressions of interest will be the 14th February 2025 @ 17:00hrs, should any interested parties wish for a site visit across both sites or more information - Please email: katie.savage@ULH.nhs.uk <br/><br/>The Trust currently operates similar long term lease property options with other providers so is well adapt to providing sustainable long term investment schemes for partners.<br/><br/>All costs regarding feasibility surveys, design and planning prior to build are the responsibility of the interested parties.