Official UK procurement notice
(Maintenance of) Temperature Monitoring System (PS0345A/26)
Procurement agent: Swansea University·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a 12-month maintenance contract for the Kelsius Temperature Monitoring System located across the Pathology 4 hospital sites of Swansea Bay University Health Board (incl POW). The system monitors all fridges, freezers, and incubators across Laboratory Medicine, Histology, Blood Transfusion, and Mortuary, recording temperatures at 5-minute intervals with alerts for deviations. Sensors/probes are calibrated annually to UKAS standard 17025:2017 to maintain ISO 15189:2022 compliance. Ongoing maintenance ensures equipment reliability, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and uninterrupted service delivery, including MHRA cold chain compliance for blood transfusion, with the system reliably in place since 2009 and inspected by MHRA and UKAS assessors.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Authority reference
PS0345A/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082741- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067494Find a Tender
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published26 Mar 2026, 09:39 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 Apr 2026, 15:23 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:55 BSTUK7
- Buyer details updated1 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsius(Maintenance of) Temperature Monitoring System1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £37,520 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
(Maintenance of) Temperature Monitoring System · Kelsius
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £37,520
- Period
- 2 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipProcuring entityPublic authority - central governmentWelsh devolved regulations applyProcurement Lead
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kelsius LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender