Official UK procurement notice
Retail Plaza - University Hospital Wales
Authority: Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options. (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University Hospital of Wales (Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru) (UHW) is a major 1000+ bed hospital. situated to the North East of Cardiff. The Hospital is the largest site running under the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The Health Board is one of the largest NHS organisations in the UK, providing day to day health services to a population of around 472,400 people living in the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan area.
The UHW is a major Tertiary Centre with many specialist services, a large Emergency and Trauma Unit, Children's Hospital and Dental Hospital as well as an attached Medical School (Cardiff University School of Medicine). The Health Board has close links with Cardiff University as a teaching hospital and boasts a high-profile teaching and Research & Development role within the UK. UHW has approximately 1,000 beds. The number of patient contacts during 2019 was approximately 1,000,000, plus visitors, staff and students. There are 9,500 staff based at UHW. Annually on site 1.2 million cars occupy the onsite car parking facilities.
UHW has a vision for its Retail Concourse; to significantly improve the current retail offering within the main hospital building and for it to be a modern, bright and user-friendly environment providing a first-class reception and retail area at the first point of entry of the hospital. By the very nature of the hospital environments, there is a high footfall and dwell time within the main entrance reception area, with staff, patients and visitors often making multiple trips through the area.
UHW continues to develop as a centre of excellence for recovery and rehabilitation services. Patients will therefore remain in hospital for varying lengths of time. Accessing retail and social amenities plays a key part in their hospital stay and recovery process.
The Concourse is designed to make a positive first impression on patients, visitors, students and staff, matching the health promoting ethos of the organisation with a vibrant and friendly environment in which to wait for an appointment or a relative, way finding information for those passing through and the opportunity to obtain quality refreshments. The Health Board is keen to make sure that any retail is open to and caters for the local community.
The UHB is seeking expressions of interest from individual retailers on a unit by unit basis who would like to provide services within the Retail Space to help meet the Health Board's and the local community's needs.
CPV: Retail trade services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options. buys Retail trade services (CPV 5590), and who usually turns up
Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options.’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: Retail trade services (CPV 5590) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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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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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 59 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
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The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 60%
2–332% / 20%
4–630% / 20%
7+20% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate48% / 9%
Within ±2%28% / 55%
Above estimate24% / 36%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 5590No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–367%
4–628%
7+0%
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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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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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.
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- 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
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 May 2026, 11:11 BST
- Last source update
- 6 May 2026, 12:59 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041498- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069237Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 May 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published175 days ago6 May 2026, 11:11 BST
- Market engagement159 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Please reach out to [email protected] in order to receive the information pack and proforma.
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 64 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2026, 11:11 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2026, 12:59 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
This notice is no longer active: The contracting authority on this notice is incorrect and a new notice is to be published under the correct contracting authority. Please disregard this notice.
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender