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Published 9 May 2025, 16:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

POW-FTS-59144 - Provision of Medical Gas Pipeline System Maintenance

Official notice

Procurement agent: Powys Teaching Health Board·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£175,000≈ £58k / year · £210,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Jun 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 2 Jul 2028 · up to 2 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 3 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Powys Teaching Health Board require a competent contractor to provide the requirement for the Planned Preventive Maintenance schedule including the provision of 24-hour emergency call out on the medical gas pipeline system for Powys Teaching Health Board.

Contract for the maintenance of medical gas pipeline systems installed at Powys Teaching Hospitals will be in accordance with HTM 02-01 and manufacturers recommendations.

The Health Board has the option to add any new medical gas pipeline systems that will be installed to additional sites and can request the contractor for a separate cost for these sites that will reflect the cost in the tender returns.

The contract is for an initial period of 3 years, with the Health Board reserving the option to extend for a further 2 years in annual increments. Performance will be measured against the KPIs indicated within the specification document for the duration of the contract.

Please see Information for Bidders document on the Bravo Solutions portal for further details.

Powys Teaching Health Board recognises the importance of the Welsh language to the communities it serves. Consequently, responses to an invitation to quote or tender will be accepted in Welsh as well as English. However, please note that tender responses submitted only in Welsh will be translated by the Trust into English before consideration. Those involved in translating the document will be barred from taking decisions on awarding tenders.

The tender will be awarded based on 60% cost & 40% quality as detailed in the ITT document. Please note that the tender closing date is 09/06/2025 at midday and any late submissions will not be considered.

The etenderwales bravosolution ref:

Project: project_59144 and itt_117219

Please direct all queries relating to this tender via the messaging function of the Bravo portal.

More details can be found at etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.

  • No preliminary market engagement: Due to the nature of the requirement, the Health Board have not undertaken preliminary market engagement

CPV: Pipeline-inspection services · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£175,000
Contract period: 3 Jul 2025 – 2 Jul 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 2 Jul 2030 with extensionsValue: £175,000 exc. VAT · £210,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: 2 x 1 year extension are available and will only be utilised depending on contract performance.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 40%
  • Commercial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical
  • Commercial
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 May 2025, 16:28 BST
Last source update
9 May 2025, 16:28 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Jun 2025
Authority reference
POW-FTS-59144
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020195
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Pipeline-inspection servicesRepair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations
Delivery area
Wales (UKL24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051019 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Payment terms are 30 days, all invoices must be submitted electronically and in line with NHS Wales' e-Trading Specification.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 3 Jul 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 16:28 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    2 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    9 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    3 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 16:28 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Powys Teaching Health Board

Procurement agentPublic authority - central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-NHS: 7A7 Bronllys Hospital, Bronllys, Wales, LD3 0LYContact name, email, phone

Clients of the procurement agent

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender