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Public Health Wales tenders and contracts

WalesCardiffWebsite

Official name on notices: NHS Wales Performance and Improvement (hosted by Public Health Wales)

Tenders published
12
About one every 30 days
Contracts awarded
21
To 21 different suppliers
Value awarded
£743k
10 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£58k
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. £13.6mestimated

Coming up

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

  1. £60kestimated
  2. Specialist Data Engineering and Cloud Engineering Support - Public Health Wales

    WalesIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £67kestimated
  3. IBM spss licensing solutions - public health wales

    WalesIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £30kestimated
  4. Gambling harms reduction programme – gambling blocking product

    UK-wideIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £100kestimated
  5. Public Health Wales SMS Reminder System

    Wales

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £1estimated
  6. Market Engagement for a Telehealth Adoption Framework for NHS Wales

    UK-wideIT services and software, Medical equipment and supplies

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £1framework ceiling
  7. £1estimated
  8. PHW-FTS-63130 Virology Managed Service Contract

    WalesHealthcare services, Laboratory and scientific equipment

    Upcoming

    £4.9mestimated
  9. Urine Managed Service Contract

    WalesLaboratory and scientific equipment, Healthcare services

    Upcoming

    £1.11mestimated
  10. £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. Site visit7%
    In 2 of 30 notices
  2. DBS checks3%
    In 1 of 30 notices

Who it buys from

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

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. Wcva£112k
    1 contract
  5. Minitab LtdSME£97k
    1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. 1 contract
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)48%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)6%
  • Direct award (no competition)45%
Based on 31 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Public Health Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
28 days
Shorter than 62% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 12 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
48%
Higher than 84% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 31 procurements
Won by small firms
50%
Higher than 59% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 22 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
3
About the same as most NHS and health bodies
Based on 5 awards
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 69% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 12 advertised tenders
Direct awards
45%
Lower than 78% of NHS and health bodies
Based on 31 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most NHS and health bodies
Based on 12 tenders

Compared with other NHS and health bodies

Time to bid, 82 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days2
10–15 days2
15–20 days1
20–25 days4
25–30 days35
30–35 days28
35–40 days7
40–45 days2
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 77 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids9
2–4 bids35
4–6 bids19
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, 279 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%115
10–20%56
20–30%34
30–40%13
40–50%17
50–60%14
60–70%10
70–80%6
80–90%6
90–100%8
Won by small firms, 274 NHS and health bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%5
10–20%20
20–30%35
30–40%49
40–50%51
50–60%39
60–70%24
70–80%26
80–90%18
90–100%7

Each column is a group of NHS and health bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Public Health Wales.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
2526-069-STA-PHW Provision of Maintenance for BD Kiestra system for Public Health WalesBecton Dickinson UK Ltd, Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited£180k31 Dec 2026

3 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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