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
- Value
- £4,000,000 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Pathology services (CPV 85111800)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 056133-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Sep 2025
- Published12 Sep 2025Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract for Cwm Taf Morgannwg under the Health Trust Europe (HTE) Diagnostic solutions, Lot 2 Pathology Reporting under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime- Wales 2025) for continuation of Provision of outsourced Histopathology Reporting services to support increased demand and capacity shortfalls within Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB’s Cellular Pathology department. Services include transport, processing, and reporting of wet tissue samples and digital images across multiple specialties: Dermatology, Head & Neck, Gynaecology, Urology, Breast, General, Placenta, and Gastrointestinal. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period up to midnight 24th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Wales
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Histopathology Specimen Reporting Outsourcing: Testing & reporting on Dermatology & Placenta Specialities | Cyted UK Ltd SME | £2m |
| Histopathology Specimen Reporting Outsourcing: Testing & reporting on Head & Neck, Gynaecology, Urology, Breast, General & Gastrointestinal Specialities | Source BioScience UK Limited (Now trading as Source LDPath) | £2m |
About the suppliers
Cyted UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10360685).
Source BioScience UK Limited (Now trading as Source LDPath): every public contract they have won.