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
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Stryker UK Limited
- Value
- £835,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Surgical implants (CPV 33184100)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 101727-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Oct 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
Arthroscopic stack systems are critical to the delivery of Trauma and Orthopaedic services within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) and provide the high-definition visualisation required to undertake a wide range of minimally invasive procedures involving the knee, shoulder, hip, wrist, elbow and ankle. These systems support improved patient outcomes through enhanced surgical precision, reduced tissue trauma, shorter recovery periods, reduced length of stay and increased theatre efficiency. They are utilised extensively across the orthopaedic theatres at the University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital Llandough, supporting both elective and trauma pathways. A key element of this procurement is the requirement for a specialist hip arthroscopy solution. CAVUHB provides a specialist hip arthroscopy service not only for its own resident population but also for patients referred from outside the Health Board area. Maintaining this service is therefore important bot…
About the supplier
Stryker UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03669454).