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
- Roche Diagnostics
- Value
- £662,034.21
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Laboratory services (CPV 71900000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 077128-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Aug 2026
- Published13 Aug 2026Published the same day
Description
Public Health Wales has a network of microbiology laboratories across Wales which provide diagnostic microbiology services to Health Boards as well as surveillance activities for the protection of Public Health. Sexual Health screening in Wales was rationalised in 2011 with testing provided from three sites: UHW / Imperial Park Unit 5 (IP5) in Newport, Ysbyty Glan Clywd in Rhyl, and Singelton Hospital in Swansea. A Managed Service Contract (MSC) was put in place in 2013 and PHW plan to continue this regional approach and provide analysis of sexual health markers and related testing from the three sites with support and clinical input from Welsh Specialist Virology Centre, Cardiff This is a short term extension of an existing Managed Service for UHW / Imperial Park Unit 5 (IP5) in Newport whilst a full procurement is conducted.
About the supplier
Roche Diagnostics: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00571546).