NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust): Contract Register & Procurement Profile

EducationWales (Cymru)CardiffCentral purchasing body on 73 of 139 notices

Official UK PPONPHBY-3981-QBMRWebsitenwssp.nhs.wales

Open now13next deadline 25 Sept 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months104+197% vs prior 12 months (35)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot222.7% single-bid · 22 bid reports
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 22 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share14%of 101 awarded procedures · 184 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

101 awarded tenders, 184 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months14962 within 6 months
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published award value, 24m£86mnet · on 296 of 383 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 52%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

Open notices

13 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

All 13 open notices for this authority →

What they buy
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

85 Health and social work services58 procedures · 42% · 4 open
45 Construction work18 procedures · 13% · 8 open
48 Software package and information systems10 procedures · 7% · 4 open
33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals9 procedures · 6% · 4 open

How they buy
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Last 24 months · 139 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 99% (137 notices)
  • Framework 1% (2 notices)
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Open 42% (59 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 29% (41 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (19 notices)
  • Direct award 13% (18 notices)
  • Selective 1% (2 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 22 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

2robust · n=2222.7% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.

Based on 9 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

76 daysrobust · n=9
Notice amendments
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on 74 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

018 of 74 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.

Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.

Based on 8 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

2% below estimaterobust · n=8

Who wins here
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED65.9%6713 May 2026
Dolgellau Surgery44%4622 Sept 2026
Nuffield Health (The Holly Hospital)44%442 Sept 2025
Spire Healthcare PLC44%442 Sept 2025
PEN-Y-BRYN JOINERY LIMITEDframework/DPS on 144%285 May 2026
Treflan Surgery33%3522 Sept 2026
Bron Meirion Surgery33%3522 Sept 2026
RADIOLOGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED33%3327 May 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 14% of 101 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 184 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£86mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 296 of 383 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 52%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£11k medianrobust · n=296Middle half £5k£20k; 67 duplicate amounts excluded from both figures (heuristic for republished framework ceilings).
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
BCU-MIN-59627 - Ophthalmology OutsourcingNew Medical Systems Ltd£15,451,590
BCU-DCO-59132 - Outsourcing - Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)Spire Healthcare PLC£8,466,250
BCU-FCONC-62799 - Additional CT Scan and Magnetic Resonance ImagingRADIOLOGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED£7,600,000
BCU-DCO-59219 - Outsourcing - General SurgeryNuffield Health (The Holly Hospital)£6,470,320
BCU-DCO-59219 - Outsourcing - General SurgerySpire Healthcare PLC£6,445,535

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 150 of 442 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 149 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 200 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Provision of a Board Development Programme for Betsi Cadwaladr Health BoardTraining servicesAwarded / complete5 Aug 2026£60,000
BCU-DCO-63491- Heavy Catering Equipment for Llandudno HospitalAwarded / complete5 Aug 2026
Industry Partnership and Sponsorship Opportunity: Dragon's Heart Institute Spread & Scale Academy 2026ExhibitionPlanning30 Jul 2026£60,000
BCU-DIR-63341 – Pan-BCU Water Hygiene Service and MaintenanceAwarded / complete23 Jul 2026
BCU-STA-63245 Provision of Change ConsultancyAwarded / complete23 Jul 2026
BCU-ITT-62955 - Structural Strengthening works to Pathology Laboratory RAAC Roof - Wrexham Maelor HospitalConstruction workOpen21 Jul 2026£400,000
Pathology Testing Services for HFE Genescentral purchasing bodyBlood analysis servicesAwarded / complete17 Jul 2026£65,000
Dental Equipment (Maintenance of)Awarded / complete7 Jul 2026
BCU-ITT-62811 - NEXT DAY TRANSFER OF FROZEN PATHOLOGY SAMPLESCourier servicesAwarded / complete3 Jul 2026£105,000
BCU-DIR-63185 Ongoing Support, Maintenance and Partial Kiosk Upgrade for BloodTrack Courier SystemAwarded / complete2 Jul 2026
C-Rad Catalyst (Maintenance of)Awarded / complete1 Jul 2026
BCU-DAP2-63288- EMDR- Supervision for CAMHSvia agentPsychiatrist or psychologist servicesAwarded / complete30 Jun 2026
BCU-FTS-59576 CELLULAR PATHOLOGY REAGENT DELIVERY AND COLLECTIONChemical reagentsAwarded / complete25 Jun 2026£150,000
BCU-FTS-61503- Confidential Waste Refuse and waste related servicesOpen24 Jun 2026£530,000
BCU-FTS-60959- Relationship and Sex Education (Sexual Health Education and Training)Education and training servicesOpen22 Jun 2026£470,808
BCU-STA-63056 Purchase of Blood Analyser for Glan Clwyd Hospital TheatresAwarded / complete18 Jun 2026
BCU-DIR-63043- Maintenance of Community Equipment within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Flintshire County Council and Denbighshire County CouncilAwarded / complete10 Jun 2026
PME - COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICE REPLACEMENT IT SYSTEMIT services: consultingPlanning9 Jun 2026£650,000
Pathology Testing Services for HFE Genescentral purchasing bodyBlood analysis servicesPlanned5 Jun 2026£65,000
BCU-FCONC-62799 - Additional CT Scan and Magnetic Resonance Imagingvia agentMedical imaging servicesAwarded / complete27 May 2026

Search all 200 procedures for this authority →

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
  • Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
  • Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£115m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 385 award records on 67 procedures (383 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier). 286 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
  • Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
  • Contract end dates: 150 of 442 published contracts carry a period end; 149 end within 18 months, 62 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (7 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-163751GB-FTS-182800GB-FTS-183659GB-FTS-186419GB-FTS-76562GB-FTS-82030GB-NHS-7A1

Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PHBY-3981-QBMR