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PHW-ITT-61337 BLUE LIGHT / AD HOC / OUT OF HOURS COURIER FOR MICROBIOLOGY SAMPLES – PHW – S E WALES REGION

Buyer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust →

BuyerPublic Health Wales NHS Trust
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£75,000
Published21 Jan 2026

What is being bought

This notice is to inform the market of the upcoming tender opportunity for a Blue Light Courier Requirement for Microbiology samples for Public Health Wales. The courier must be able to transport urgent samples under blue lights across the United Kingdom.

Delivery location

UKL2, GB

Categories

Courier services 64120000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2026 to 30 Apr 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Courier servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 64. The category anchor is Courier services (64120000); 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 647112 median · 16.3 average (159 of 711 with a bid count)2.1 average (196 of 711 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKL21Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)59Not publishedNot publishedNot 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.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
This notice is solely to inform the market of the upcoming tender opportunity. A full detailed specification document will be published along with the ITT in the next few weeks. Suppliers will be able to submit a bid proposal via eTender which will be evaluated in accordance with the scoring matrix. engagement28 Jan 2026scheduled

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-060b55
Latest release ID005394-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jan 21 2026 15:09:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£75,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
21 Jan 2026planning005394-2026

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 (1 releases)
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