Official UK procurement notice
Probe Covers (Welch Allyn)
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSingle Use Disposable thermometer probe covers used exclusively with the Welch Allyn/Hillrom Pro 6000 tympanic thermometer.
CPV: Thermometers
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland)…Awarded
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division
Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this award for supply of Tympanic Thermometer Thermoscan Probe Covers for
exclusive use in conjunction with Welch Allyn/Hillrom Pro 4000/6000 Tympanic Thermometers to the National Distribution Centre,
Larkhall ML9 2QX on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland
Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978),
any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter
referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’) where applicable.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Apr 2025, 16:23 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
- Authority reference
NP689/25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092239- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fcf8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The award of the contract without prior publication is justified because the thermometer probe covers in this contract are dedicated consumables for tympanic thermometers that are in use within NHS Scotland health boards. To ensure appropriate warranty cover and performance the products are supplied from the equipment provider which is single source. As a result the opportunity to publish a call for competition does not apply.
Publisher note: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Delivery Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement of Single Use Thermometer Probe covers for use with PRO6000 Tympanic Thermometer (‘Products’) on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’), where applicable, i.e. Scottish Hospices, Northern Irelands trusts etc.. The estimated values referred to in Section II.I.5 and II.2.6 covers the 24 months contract duration and the 12 month extension period of the framework agreement. (SC Ref:794332) (SC Ref:844326)
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated30 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 012919-2025-NP689/25-1
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £603,000
- Status
- active
Probe Covers (Welch Allyn)
- Signed
- 18 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,809,000
- Status
- active
- Change Change to value of framework. Due to increased demand the value of the framework has increased, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Health Board demand increased year on year and the value of the framework has increased
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Welch Allyn UK LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.