Buyer profile · NHS and health
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
- Tenders published
- 13
- About one every 28 days
- Contracts awarded
- 72
- To 69 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £13.6m
- 58 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £129k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £900kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £50kestimated
- £37kestimated
- £103kestimated
- £1.53mestimated
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- £300kestimated
- £1mestimated
- £1estimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)25%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)73%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 26 days
- Shorter than 86% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 12 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 25%
- Higher than 64% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 84 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 42%
- Lower than 58% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 79 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 56% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 13 awards
- Split into lots
- 8%
- Lower than 64% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 73%
- Lower than 56% of NHS and health bodies
- Based on 84 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most NHS and health bodies
- Based on 13 tenders
Compared with other NHS and health bodies
This buyer: 26 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 3 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 3 |
| 25–30 days | 40 |
| 30–35 days | 30 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 6 |
| 2–4 bids | 31 |
| 4–6 bids | 20 |
| 6–8 bids | 9 |
| 8–10 bids | 1 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 25%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 107 |
| 10–20% | 52 |
| 20–30% | 33 |
| 30–40% | 16 |
| 40–50% | 15 |
| 50–60% | 12 |
| 60–70% | 16 |
| 70–80% | 8 |
| 80–90% | 8 |
| 90–100% | 9 |
This buyer: 42%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 11 |
| 10–20% | 12 |
| 20–30% | 30 |
| 30–40% | 40 |
| 40–50% | 50 |
| 50–60% | 38 |
| 60–70% | 29 |
| 70–80% | 28 |
| 80–90% | 21 |
| 90–100% | 7 |
Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Influencing and Communications Support for the Child-Lens Investing Initiative | Hawkins Laxton & Co. | £38k | 12 Oct 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hire and Maintenance of Waste Compactors | Forward Waste Management Limited | £182k | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Fire alarm inspections university hospital llandough & community sites | Morrisline Engineering | £457k | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Eating Disorder Service | Northstar Healthcare Consultancy Ltd | £93k | 20 Sept 2026 |
| Insourcing of Endoscopy Services | Id Medical Group Limited | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Food Sense Wales- Food Cardiff Communications Campaign | Matt Appleby Consulting Limited | £50k | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Psba – cloud connect | British Telecommunications plc | — | 9 Sept 2026 |
| Strategic Partner Support | Napc Services Limited | £495k | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Supply of Validated Laboratory Labels and Thermal Transfer Ribbons For The AWMGS | Computer Imprintable Label Systems (CILS) | £135k | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Provision of Specimen Courier Service | CitySprint (UK) Ltd | £210k | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Vasectomy Services for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | Ashgrove Medical Group | — | 27 Jul 2026 |