Buyer profile · NHS and health

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board tenders and contracts

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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

  1. Outsourcing of community cleaning services

    WalesCleaning

    Closing soon5 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £900kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Cardiff and Vale Market Stability Report

    WalesMarketing and communications

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £50kestimated
  2. COSHH Assessment

    WalesArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £37kestimated
  3. Mobile MRI Trailer Maintenance, Repair and Compliance Management Services

    WalesVehicles and fleet

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £103kestimated
  4. Mental health crisis house

    WalesSocial and domiciliary care

    Upcoming

    £1.53mestimated
  5. Value not stated
  6. £1estimated
  7. £300kestimated
  8. Waste Collection Services

    WalesWaste and street cleansing

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1mestimated
  9. Retail Plaza - University Hospital Wales

    Wales

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £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.

  1. Social value questions1%
    In 1 of 83 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. 2 contracts
  3. 2 contracts
  4. 2 contracts
  5. 2 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 3 contracts

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%
Based on 84 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How 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

Time to bid, 88 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days3
15–20 days2
20–25 days3
25–30 days40
30–35 days30
35–40 days8
40–45 days2
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 71 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids6
2–4 bids31
4–6 bids20
6–8 bids9
8–10 bids1
10–12 bids0
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1
Advertised openly, 276 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 266 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Strategic Influencing and Communications Support for the Child-Lens Investing InitiativeHawkins Laxton & Co.£38k12 Oct 2026

12 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Hire and Maintenance of Waste CompactorsForward Waste Management Limited£182k24 Sept 2026
Fire alarm inspections university hospital llandough & community sitesMorrisline Engineering£457k22 Sept 2026
Eating Disorder ServiceNorthstar Healthcare Consultancy Ltd£93k20 Sept 2026
Insourcing of Endoscopy ServicesId Medical Group Limited—15 Sept 2026
Food Sense Wales- Food Cardiff Communications CampaignMatt Appleby Consulting Limited£50k10 Sept 2026
Psba – cloud connectBritish Telecommunications plc—9 Sept 2026
Strategic Partner SupportNapc Services Limited£495k24 Aug 2026
Supply of Validated Laboratory Labels and Thermal Transfer Ribbons For The AWMGSComputer Imprintable Label Systems (CILS)£135k24 Aug 2026
Provision of Specimen Courier ServiceCitySprint (UK) Ltd£210k7 Aug 2026
Vasectomy Services for Cardiff and Vale University Health BoardAshgrove Medical Group—27 Jul 2026