Official UK procurement notice
North Wales Fleet Maintenance & Service Arrangements
Procurement agent: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNWSSP on behalf of The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) sought a reliable and experienced supplier to provide a comprehensive fleet maintenance service for it’s North Wales based vehicles, which play a vital role in the organisation’s work of collecting, testing and distributing blood and blood products to hospitals across Wales. Ensuring the operational readiness and legal compliance of these vehicles is critical to the continuity of WBS’s life-saving services.
A formal agreement with WBS was required, to deliver a full range of maintenance services, including routine servicing, scheduled inspections, MOTs, emergency breakdown support, tail lift testing and bodywork repairs. These services must ensure all vehicles are roadworthy, compliant with transport legislation and available for use when required. Vehicles are primarily based at the following WBS locations:
- North West Team Base, Llandygai, Bangor (LL57 4YH)
- North East Team Base and holding/distribution centre, Pembroke House, Wrexham (LL13 7YT)
CPV: Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£60,000
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: 40%
- Commercial: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial
- Technical
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 19 Jun 2025, 08:55 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMT
- Authority reference
WBS-ITT-59712- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038825- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f8eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
19 Jun 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Planning notice published19 Jun 2025, 08:55 BST
- Market engagement30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Welsh Blood Service Market Engagement Notice:
The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) is a national organisation dedicated to collecting voluntary, non-remunerated blood donations from the public. These donations are rigorously processed, tested, and distributed to hospitals across Wales to support critical patient care.
The WBS is a division of Velindre University NHS Trust. A Senior Leadership Team supports the Divisional Director of the WBS and the WBS is authorised and licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, who audit the organisation at defined periods.
The WBS Transport Department operates a large fleet of vehicles as part of the organisation’s activities in the collection, testing and distribution of blood and blood products to its customer hospitals. A proportion of these vehicles are based in North Wales at two separate locations. It is essential that the WBS service have to necessary maintenance contact in place to ensure that all vehicle’s operated and driven by employees are legally compliant with current road transport legislation.
- North West Team Base, Llandygai, Bangor (LL57 4YH)
- North East Team Base and holding/distribution centre, Pembroke House, Wrexham (LL13 7YT)
This notice serves as a call for market engagement and to announce an upcoming tender opportunity. The preliminary market engagement will run from 18th June 2025 to 30th June 2025, with interested suppliers invited to participate at a later date (to be confirmed) through the eTender portal.
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
The full specification and detailed instructions for the process will be included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation available on the portal.
Following the advertisement of the tender, all supplier submissions received within the timeframe will be thoroughly evaluated by the Trust before awarding the contract.
Suppliers are invited at this stage to engage with NWSSP to provide information that may be useful to this tendering process or to ask any questions they may have. Engagement at this stage is voluntary and non-participation will not disadvantage you in any future tender opportunities.
It is highly encouraged that suppliers respond if they have any queries as this will help to provide valuable insights at this early stage.
We look forward to engaging with potential suppliers and appreciate your interest in supporting the vital work of the Welsh Blood Service.
- Next notice expected2 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published10 Jul 2025, 10:21 BST
- Clarification questions by31 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published313 days ago8 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Jun 2025, 08:55 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published10 Jul 2025, 10:21 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £60,00010 Jul 2025, 10:21 BST
- Status changed to active10 Jul 2025, 10:21 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Jul 2025, 10:21 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST10 Jul 2025, 10:21 BST
- Contract details notice published8 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete8 Dec 2025, 17:04 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.N.Richards Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
WBS-ITT-59712 NORTH WALES FLEET MAINTENANCE & SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS · A.N.Richards Ltd
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2025
- Value
- £100,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two optional twelve month extensions
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- A N RichardsAwarded 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