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) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- ID Medical Group Limited
- Value
- £3,748,839
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 003648-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Jan 2026
- Published15 Jan 2026Published the same day
Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) intend to award a contract to deliver n insourced solution to support Theatres. The Health Board has identified funding to support Theatre activity to reduce waiting lists and referral to treatment (RTT) time. The Health Board requires an insourced solution, with full theatre teams, to support across a number of specialities, including, but not limited to, Ophthalmology, ENT, and Urology. The procurement was initiated utilising NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership's (NWSSP) Framework Agreement for Provision of Clinical, Surgical and Diagnostic Procedure (ref PRO-OJEULT-50776) under a mini competition exercise. The estimated contract value is GBP 3748839 exc VAT, with the contract to begin February 2026 and to expire 31 March 2027.
About the supplier
ID Medical Group Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03829536).