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
- Ty Hafan
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 032099-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Mar 2026
- Published8 Apr 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) acts as the lead organisation for a long established Consortium comprising: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) The Consortium, formed in 2011, was established to secure a safe, specialist and sustainable model of planned, emergency and end of life palliative respite care for children with life shortening or life limiting conditions across Wales. This includes the provision of hospice stays for symptom management, crisis and emergency respite, end of life care, alongside community based and home based support to meet individual clinical needs. The service model ensures that children and their families receive coordinated, compassionate care throughout the child’s life and, where needed, into bereavement. Tŷ Hafan is the only provider in Wales able to delive…
About the supplier
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