Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · Local Health Board
- Supplier
- Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited
- Value
- £2,536,757.66
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 003130-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jan 2026
- Published14 Jan 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) have awarded a contract for their cellular pathology managed service which includes equipment, consumables, middleware, training and maintenance at their consolidated laboratory in Glangwili General Hospital (GGH). The managed service contract (MSC) is focused on facilitating the diagnosis and study of diseases by examining tissue samples/biopsies under a microscope to identify abnormalities. Additional information: The procurement process utilised was a direct award using the NHS Supply Chain Framework Agreement for Laboratory Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing and Pathology Managed Services (2023/S 000-028831)
About the supplier
Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00476611).