Official UK procurement notice
The Procurement of Blood Plasma Freezers for the Welsh Blood Service
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice if for the award of contract WBS-ITT-59973 to ICS Cool Energy Limited following the completion of the 8 working day standstill period.
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£80,000
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 (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Technical
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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 Aug 2025, 16:07 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 15:50 BST
- Authority reference
WBS-ITT-59973- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050623- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0582c5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the Contract in whole or in part. The contracting authority reserves the right to pause, halt and/or annul the tendering process and not to award the Contract.
To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender Wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender
documentation.
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse the eSourcing portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and click the link to register
- Accept the Ts and Cs and click 'continue'
- Enter your correct business/user details
- Express and interest in the tender
- Log into the portal with the username/password
- Click the 'ITT Open to all suppliers' link
- Click on itt_119590
- Click the 'express interest' button at the top of the page
- This will move the ITT into your 'my ITT's page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- You can now access any attachments by clicking 'buyer attachments' in the 'ITT details' box
- Responding to the tender
- Click 'my response' under 'ITT details' and you can choose to 'create response' or to 'decline to respond' (please give a reason if declining)
- You can now use the 'messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion and then follow the on screen instructions to complete the tender response
Timeline
6 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Planning notice published6 Aug 2025, 16:07 BST
- Market engagement13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Velindre University Health Board are in the process of understand the different solutions the market can provide which will meet the requirements of the trust.
- Next notice expected20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline399 days ago22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published381 days ago10 Oct 2025, 15:50 BST
- Contract starts357 days ago3 Nov 2025
Notice history
10 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2025, 16:07 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £80,00021 Aug 2025, 16:04 BSTwas £40,000
- Status changed to active21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BST
- Buyer details updated21 Aug 2025, 16:04 BST
- Contract details notice published10 Oct 2025, 15:50 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete10 Oct 2025, 15:50 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Oct 2025, 15:50 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICS Cool Energy Limited | £61,620 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
The Procurement of Blood Plasma Freezers for the Welsh Blood Service · ICS Cool Energy Limited
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2025
- Value
- £61,620
- Period
- 9 Oct 2025 – 9 Dec 2025
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: To respond to call outs within the agreed timeframe · Be proactive in the resolution of any issues and faults · Regular communication with points of contact
- To respond to call outs within the agreed timeframe
- Be proactive in the resolution of any issues and faults
- Regular communication with points of contact
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ICS Cool Energy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender