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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
StatusClosed
Deadline30 Jun 2026
Value£27,000,000
Published7 Apr 2026

What is being bought

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, Procurement Services (NWSSP-ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, are seeking to publish a competitive tender on behalf of NHS Wales for an All Wales Digital Cellular Pathology Managed Service Contract. Please see tender documents for full details. The itt code for this procurement on etenderwales is itt_123364.

Delivery location

UKL, GB

Categories

Pathology services 85111800

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£27,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (60%)
Cost (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Pathology servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Pathology services (85111800); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8514,3881 median · 36.7 average (6,328 of 14,388 with a bid count)2.1 average (7,178 of 14,388 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer5Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKL3101 median · 2.8 average (133 of 310 with a bid count)1.9 average (260 of 310 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3664 median · 406.5 average (11 of 366 with a bid count)7.9 average (11 of 366 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£17,566,187 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £27,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cd65
Latest release ID031597-2026
Latest release timestampTue Apr 07 2026 15:02:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031597-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-30T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-06-16T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2027-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailshttps://etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/home.html the ITT reference for this tender on etenderwales is itt_123364
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£27,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release7

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Apr 2026tender031597-2026
15 Oct 2025planning065631-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
7 Apr 2026 · 031597-2026 · tender
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15 Oct 2025 · 065631-2025 · planning
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