Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: NHS TRUSTNHS & healthWales (Cymru)CwmbranRan 1 procurement for other authoritiesCentral purchasing body on 6 of 27 notices

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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months16+45% vs prior 12 months (11)
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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 lot4.50% single-bid · 6 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 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share32%of 28 awarded procedures · 47 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.

28 awarded tenders, 47 different suppliers.

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

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months1none 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£6.8mnet · on 9 of 10 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 89%
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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.

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

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 · 27 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 78% (21 notices)
  • Framework 19% (5 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (1 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 59% (16 notices)
  • Direct award 15% (4 notices)
  • Route not published 15% (4 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 11% (3 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 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

4.5robust · n=60% 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 4 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

111 daysmoderate · n=4
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 21 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

04 of 21 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 1 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

3.1% below estimateindicative · n=1

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
Priority Solutions Inc.517.9%1721 Feb 2025
Tailift and Shutterdoor Specialists Ltd (TASDS Ltd)framework/DPS on 2310.7%1926 Jan 2026
Euro Commercials Limitedframework/DPS on 3310.7%1826 Jan 2026
RICHARD YORKE LIMITEDframework/DPS on 3310.7%1318 Nov 2024
Dragon Fleetcare Limitedframework/DPS on 227.1%0528 May 2021
HJ Phillips & Son Ltdframework/DPS on 227.1%0328 May 2021
R T WILLIAMSframework/DPS on 227.1%0328 May 2021
C Spiteri & Son Limitedframework/DPS on 113.6%1218 Nov 2024

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 32% of 28 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 47 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.

£6.8mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 9 of 10 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 89%.
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.

£484k middle valuerobust · n=9Middle half £273k–£765k.
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
WAS-DCO-63157 - Purchase of 67 x Peugeot Boxer VansCEM DAY LTD——£2,647,192 †
WAS-DCO-63057 - Purchase of 40 x Ford Transit Custom 320 L2 H1 Limited VansFORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED——£1,534,986 †
NHS 111 Wales Online Symptom CheckersPriority Solutions Inc.——£765,000 †
2526-063-STA-WAS - RENEWAL OF A MEDICAL PRIORITY DISPTACH SYSTEM PRIORITY DISPATCH CORP - UK LIMITED4 Mar 20264 yrs£643,130
≈ £161k/yr
WAS-ITT-62897 - Swansea Ambulance Station and Samlet NEPTS Hub Development2D Building Contractors25 Sept 20265 mo£484,407

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 · 7 of 50 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 48 of 47 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
WAS-OJEU-57361 – Vehicle Tail Lifts Service & RepairsRepairPlanning9 May 2025—
Award of WAST - Appliance Bay Doors - Service and Maintenancevia agentInstallation of doorsAwarded / complete8 Apr 2025£240,000
NHS 111 Wales Online Symptom CheckersIndustry specific software packageAwarded / complete21 Feb 2025—
WAS-OJEU-55862 - SERVICE, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR OF AMBULANCE VEHICLES & ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENTFrameworkvia agent8 lotsRepairOpen10 Jan 2025£16,058,928
WAS-OJEU-57820 - 111 Roster Reviewvia agentBusiness analysis consultancy servicesOpen22 Nov 2024£140,000
WAS-OJEU-53910 - Vehicle Recovery ServicesFrameworkvia agent4 lotsBreakdown and recovery services for carsAwarded / complete18 Nov 2024—
WAS-OJEU-54139 UPS Maintenance and Repair Worksvia agentPower convertersAwarded / complete18 Oct 2024—
WAS-OJEU-52457- Provision of Unscheduled Operational SupportFrameworkvia agent4-wheel-drive vehiclesAwarded / complete18 Oct 2024—
WAS-OJEU-54157 Provision of Environmental Monitoring Servicesvia agentContamination-monitoring devicesCancelled5 Sept 2024—
WAS-OJEU-55194 - Water Hygiene Assessments and Maintenance across WASTvia agentRisk or hazard assessment other than for constructionAwarded / complete1 May 2024—
Clinical Decision Support SoftwareInformation systemsAwarded / complete24 Jan 2024—
Patient Management SystemIndustry specific software packageAwarded / complete24 Jan 2024—
Non-Clinical Decision Support SoftwareIndustry specific software packageAwarded / complete24 Jan 2024—
WAS-OJEU-53190 - WAST HART - Incident Ground Technology 3rd Edition (IGT3)via agentEmergency and security equipmentAwarded / complete23 Nov 2023—
WAS-OJEU-48948 - WAST Vehicle Disposalsvia agentAmbulance conversion servicesAwarded / complete10 Aug 2023—
WAS-OJEU-51818 - Merthyr Fleet Workshop - Supply & Installation of Workshop Equipment.via agentInstallation services of lifting and handling equipmentAwarded / complete7 Jun 2023—
Supply Of Ambulance Simulation Software To Welsh Ambulance Service Trustvia agentIndustry specific software packageAwarded / complete15 May 2023—
Supply of Methoxyflurane (Penthrox) to Welsh Ambulance Service Trustvia agentPharmaceutical productsAwarded / complete9 Feb 2023—
Supply of ECNS and LowCode Nurse Triage software to The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trustvia agentMedical software packageCancelled12 Aug 2022—
Supply of ECNS and LowCode Nurse Triage software to The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trustvia agentMedical software packageCancelled12 Aug 2022—

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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 (£5.5m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 18 award records on 12 procedures (10 to a single canonical supplier, 8 multi-supplier). 5 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: 7 of 50 published contracts carry a period end; 1 end within 18 months, 0 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-101222GB-FTS-138984GB-FTS-186085GB-FTS-27977GB-FTS-73388GB-FTS-97804GB-NHS-RT4

Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PGRH-6439-XWLV