Cardiff and Vale University Health Board: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Education·Wales (Cymru)·Cardiff·Ran 1 procurement for other authorities·Central purchasing body on 33 of 124 notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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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 15 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
98 awarded tenders, 164 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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.
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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
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| OUTSOURCING OF COMMUNITY CLEANING SERVICES | 5 Oct 2026 | 7d | £900,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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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 services16 procedures · 13%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting10 procedures · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services8 procedures · 6%48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 6%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 6%71 Architectural, construction, engineering4 procedures · 3%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental3 procedures · 2% · 1 open34 Transport equipment and products3 procedures · 2%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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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 · 124 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 92% (114 notices)
- Framework 8% (10 notices)
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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.
- Direct award 41% (51 notices)
- Limited / restricted 20% (25 notices)
- Open 17% (21 notices)
- Route not published 14% (17 notices)
- Selective 8% (10 notices)
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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 15 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
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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 113 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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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 5 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
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.
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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
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Protec Fire Detection PLC | 4 | 4.1% | 2 | 4 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 3 | 3.1% | 0 | 5 | 24 Jun 2022 |
| Banner Group Limited | 2 | 2% | 2 | 5 | 21 May 2026 |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED | 2 | 2% | 2 | 4 | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Dell Corporation Ltd | 2 | 2% | 2 | 3 | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Cardiff Council - WITS | 2 | 2% | 2 | 3 | 2 Jun 2026 |
| British Telecommunications Plc | 2 | 2% | 2 | 2 | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd | 2 | 2% | 2 | 2 | 18 Feb 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 9% of 98 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 164 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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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.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe 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. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Managed Services Contract – Medical Biochemistry & Immunology | Abbott Laboratories Limited | — | — | £99,652,746 † |
| Managed Services Contract – Medical Biochemistry & Immunology | Abbott Diagnostics | — | — | £51,100,135 † |
| Managed Services Contract – Medical Biochemistry & Immunology | Abbott Diagnostics | — | — | £51,100,135 † |
| Cardiff and Vale Knee Contract | ZIMMER BIOMET | — | — | £3,384,842 † |
| Outsourcing of CT Services for the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITED | — | — | £1,695,980 † |
Contracts endingi
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.
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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 · 52 of 170 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
Soonest 10 of 27 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 149 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Hire and Maintenance of Waste CompactorsRefuse disposal and treatment | Awarded / complete | 24 Sept 2026 | £250,000 |
| Inspection & Testing of Fire Fighting Equipment for Cardiff and Vale Health BoardRepair and maintenance services of measuring | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | £310,000 |
| FIRE ALARM INSPECTIONS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LLANDOUGH & COMMUNITY SITESRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | £360,000 |
| Cardiff and Vale Market Stability ReportMarket research services | Planning | 22 Sept 2026 | £50,000 |
| Video Consultation PlatformInformation technology services | Awarded / complete | 18 Sept 2026 | £712,500 |
| Insourcing of Endoscopy ServicesGastroenterologist services | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| PSBA – CLOUD CONNECTWide area network services | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | — |
| Food Sense Wales- Food Cardiff Communications CampaignAdvertising campaign services | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | £50,000 |
| Provision of Specimen Courier Service | Awarded / complete | 9 Sept 2026 | — |
| Strategic Partner Support | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Supply of Validated Laboratory Labels and Thermal Transfer Ribbons For The AWMGS | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Eating Disorder Service | Awarded / complete | 19 Aug 2026 | — |
| Risk Assessment of Lightning Protection SystemsTechnical inspection and testing services | Open | 13 Aug 2026 | £230,000 |
| Short Breaks 2026-2029Social work and related services | Awarded / complete | 13 Aug 2026 | £427,500 |
| Bespoke Printing Services Printed matter and related products | Open | 7 Aug 2026 | £330,000 |
| Provision of Community Dental Sedation Services for Cardiff and Vale University Health BoardDental practice and related services | Open | 7 Aug 2026 | £319,368 |
| COSHH AssessmentHealth and safety consultancy services | Planning | 3 Aug 2026 | £37,000 |
| Mobile MRI Trailer Maintenance, Repair and Compliance Management ServicesRepair | Planning | 28 Jul 2026 | £102,688 |
| Vasectomy Services for Cardiff and Vale University Health BoardMedical practice and related services | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2026 | £118,500 |
| Senior Technical ArchitectPersonnel services except placement and supply services | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | £2,500,000,000 |
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 (£183m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 156 award records on 80 procedures (140 to a single canonical supplier, 16 multi-supplier). 28 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: 52 of 170 published contracts carry a period end; 27 end within 18 months, 17 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (26 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
+2 further identifiers not listed here.
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