Official UK procurement notice
NWSSP - Maintenance of Manual Handling Equipment
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) – Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport (SCL&T) is seeking to engage with the market in relation to a forthcoming procurement for the maintenance and statutory inspection of manual handling equipment located across multiple NHS Wales sites.
The intended contract will cover preventative maintenance, statutory LOLER and PUWER inspections, and associated remedial or emergency call-out work for NWSSP-owned manual handling equipment.
The anticipated contract will be established as a two-year call-off arrangement, with the option to extend for a further 12 months.
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the competence, capacity, and capability to deliver inspection and maintenance services in accordance with relevant legislation, including the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998, as well as manufacturers’ maintenance guidelines.
The scope of service is expected to include:
- Routine preventative maintenance visits (approximately two per annum per site);
- Thorough examinations and inspections to statutory standards;
- Provision of inspection reports and certification following each visit; and
- Availability for remedial and emergency call-outs as required.
This notice is being issued solely to obtain expressions of interest from suppliers who are capable of delivering services relating to the maintenance, inspection, and statutory testing of manual handling equipment in accordance with LOLER and PUWER regulations.
The purpose of this engagement is to identify suppliers within this field of work who have the appropriate skills, experience, and capacity to undertake this type of service across NHS Wales sites.
Information gathered through this process will help inform and shape the forthcoming tender opportunity.
Please note that this is not a call for competition or an invitation to tender. It is purely an information-gathering exercise to understand the level of market interest and capability within this area.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) buys Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50), and who usually turns up
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) →
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 19%
2–367% / 43%
4–617% / 22%
7+0% / 17%
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 estimate50% / 48%
Within ±2%25% / 30%
Above estimate25% / 23%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 50Published estimate£240k
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid19%
2–343%
4–622%
7+17%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Lorne stewart PLCEarlier contract | Planned Preventative Maintenance - Catering Equipmentnotice published Nov 2024 | — | £369k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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 earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2025, 09:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 09:24 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071103- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05da8dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Nov 2025 → 25 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published355 days ago5 Nov 2025, 09:24 GMT
- Market engagement342 days ago18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Suppliers who are capable of delivering services relating to the maintenance, inspection, and statutory testing of manual handling equipment in accordance with LOLER and PUWER regulations are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in this pre-market engagement exercise.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted no later than 18 November 2025.
In addition, suppliers must send a copy of their Expression of Interest by email to:
Please note that this exercise is being undertaken for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition or an invitation to tender. A separate Tender Notice will be published in due course should the procurement proceed.
- Tender notice expected341 days ago19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts244 days ago25 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Nov 2025, 09:24 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender