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
- Wassenburg Limited SME
- Value
- £169,342.04
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services (CPV 50000000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 031624-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published 6 days after the contract date
Description
This is a 60 month maintenance contract for Wassenburg Drying Cabinets located at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, arranged via NHS Supply Chain with Wassenburg Ltd. The cabinets provide controlled drying and HEPA filtered storage for flexible endoscopes, ensuring compliance with decontamination standards and reducing infection risks. Ongoing maintenance is essential to guarantee equipment reliability, patient safety, and regulatory compliance. Without this contract, downtime could increase, potentially delaying procedures and impacting service delivery across the Health Board.
About the supplier
Wassenburg Limited: every public contract they have won.