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Published 24 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Maintenance of Heart and Lung machines and Autotransfusion

Official notice

Authority: Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options. (Central government)

Direct award
Awarded value£119,347published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to LivaNova UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract is for the maintenance of the Heart and Lung machines as well as the autotransfusion system within the Cardiothoracic Directorate at the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board. These machines are designed to provide temporary support for patients during procedures requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
Last source update
24 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
Authority reference
CAV-DIR (25-26) 55
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042923
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0565cb Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

LivaNova is the only supplier currently on the market in the UK that are providing these machines as well as providing a maintenance service. Therefore, for the purposes of standardisation and maintaining quality control and price stability a direct award would be encouraged.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £119,3471 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LivaNova UK LtdMaintenance of Heart and Lung Machines and Autotransfusion System 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026£119,347—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PXWV-6492-CGMN 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Livanova UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHBZ-4623-MDMW 1370 Montpellier Court, Gloucester , South West, GL3 4AHContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender