Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Maintenance of Woodchip Biomass Boiler
Authority: Hywel Dda University Health Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMaintenance of Woodchip Biomass Boiler located at Glangwili General Hospital, Hywel Dda University Health Board. The Health Board will appoint one provider to provide the maintenance. The Health Board encourages participation from local businesses. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).The contract will be for a thirty six (36) month period with optional 12 months plus 12 months extensions.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£175,000
- Value
- £175,000 exc. VAT · £210,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- 12 months plus 12 months optional extensions.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical — 30%
- Commercial — 60%
- Social Value — 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical — Method Statement & RAMS, Experience and expertise to demonstrates your abilities to deliver the contract, Call Out Reports Call out procedure plus evidence /examples of the Service & Call Out Reports & Evidence of a good working relationship with the OEM Uniconfort.
- Commercial — Planned Maintenance, Call Out Scenario & Priority Supplier Programme
- Social Value — Wellbeing & Future Generation Act 2015, Foundational Economy & Carbon Footprint.
- Economic & financial standingMust meet the requirements outlined in the tender documentation.
- Technical & professional abilityMust meet the requirements outlined in the Specification document
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Hywel Dda University Health Board buys Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) — and who usually turns up
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s own published record, next to the Wales (Cymru) market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Hywel Dda University Health Board
contract notices in 36 months: 7 in division 50 (4 without competition · 1 route not published) · 52 in all categories (16 without competition · 4 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 30 lots. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 27 from older notices (bids received, middle 1).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 30 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 10 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 49 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Wales (Cymru) · Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50)
contract notices delivered in Wales (Cymru) in 36 months: 353 in division 50 (250 competed, 44 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 171 lots. 101 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 70 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 171 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 91 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 77 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 168 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 50), last 36 months: 192 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 10 lots (all categories), applied to the £175,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
MAI-ITT-127483-PS5144-26- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea40Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
8 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published32 days ago24 Aug 2026, 10:45 BST
- Market engagement30 days ago25 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTThe Health Board is particularly keen to hear from Biomass Boiler service providers including SMEs. The proposed procurement is expected to allow bidding for a single lot, encouraging participation from smaller providers and nationwide businesses. Please note that the details within this notice maybe subject to change.
- Next notice expected29 days ago26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published2 days ago23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Clarification questions byin 14 days9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 24 days19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 48 days11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Aug 2026- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £175,00023 Sept 2026, 13:32 BSTwas £135,000
- Status changed to active23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Deadline published: 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST23 Sept 2026, 13:32 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Aug 2026, 10:45 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement ServicesProcuring entityUndertaking the procurement process
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender