Official UK procurement notice
BCU-FTS-63146-MAINTEANCE AND TESTING OF ALL ENDOSCOPE DRYING CABINETS ACROSS BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
Procurement agent: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board·On behalf of: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) require a suitably qualified contractor to cover the servicing, repairing and validation testing of all drying cabinets/scope stores across the Health Board.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board recognises the importance of the Welsh Language to the communities it serves. Consequently, responses to an invitation to quote or tender will be accepted in Welsh as well as English. However, please note that tender responses submitted only in Welsh will be translated by the health board into English. Those involved in translating the document t will be barred from taking decisions on awarding tenders.
Full details outlining the scope of the works are contained within the eTender Wales invitation to Tender.
The tender will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tender based on 60% quality and 40% cost as detailed in the ITT document.
Please note that the tender closing date is 16/11/2026 at midday and any late submissions will not be considered.
The etenderwales bravosloution ref: project_63146 and itt_126080. Please direct all queries relating to this tender via the messaging function of the Bravo Portal.
More details can be found at: etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/toolkit/dashboa… ↗
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 30 Aug 2031, 23:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: Due to urgent timing, we bypassed preliminary market engagement.
CPV: Checking and testing apparatus · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£418,200
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £278,546 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Public Health Wales NHS Trust buys Checking and testing apparatus (CPV 3850), and who usually turns up
Public Health Wales NHS Trust’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Checking and testing apparatus (CPV 3850) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Wales (Cymru).
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 57 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid20% / 13%
2–339% / 35%
4–623% / 26%
7+18% / 26%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate55% / 44%
Within ±2%26% / 22%
Above estimate19% / 33%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3850Published estimate£418k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid19%
2–379%
4–61%
7+1%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£339k–£418k
Estimate£418k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £53m58 awards in 36m · last this month | 24 live · £1.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
BRUKER UK LIMITEDLarge | £8.4m54 awards in 36m · last this month | 13 live · £2.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=11 |
| £7.4m18 awards in 36m · last this month | 6 live · £1.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=2 | |
JEOL (UK) LtdLarge | £4.9m12 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 4 live · £908k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 15% below n=2 |
Revvity (UK) Ltd.Large | £34m30 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 10 live · £1.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 4% below n=5 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 30 Aug 2031
- First published
- 14 Oct 2026, 15:31 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2026, 15:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
BCU-FTS-63146- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097137- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0787d0Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
14 Oct 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1 day ago14 Oct 2026, 15:31 BST
- Today15 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 29 days13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 32 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 68 days21 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 109 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Oct 2026, 15:31 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Public Health Wales NHS TrustBeneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipProcuring entityNWSSP will manage the publication, evaluation, and contract award stages. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board remains the final beneficiary and end-user utilizing the maintenance and testing of all endoscope drying cabinets across BCUHB.
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender