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
- Suppliers
- Practice Plus Group, SpaMedica Ltd, St Josephs Hospital
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Hospital services (CPV 85111000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 079682-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Dec 2025
- Published4 Dec 2025Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract based on a framework agreement with a competition, a mini-competition has been conducted under NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Framework Agreement for Outsourcing / Insourcing of Clinical, Surgical & Diagnostic Services Reference Number: PRO-OJEULT-50776. This mini-competition was run to establish a contract to cover Outsourcing to support the delivery of Cataracts Procedures in South East Wales for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cwm Taff Bro Morgannwg University Health Boards between December 2025 and the end of March 2026. The service is expected to be delivered regularly Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 6pm during the period. The service will be delivered within 20 miles of the South East Wales Boarder.
About the suppliers
Practice Plus Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03462881).
SpaMedica Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06644293).
St Josephs Hospital: every public contract they have won.