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Urine Managed Service Contract
Public Health Wales · NHS and health
In brief
Public Health Wales has announced plans to buy laboratory equipment and healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £1,112,170 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 7 years, starting 1 July 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for laboratory equipment contracts in this region (from 15 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The Urine Managed service contract covers automated processing of urine samples for Microscopy which screens out negative flagged samples and selects positive flagged samples that require culture set up. Public Health Wales Infection service provides an automated urine Microscopy service for approximately 400,000 urine samples per annum at 5 sites in Wales: -
- Glan Clwyd, Rhyl
- Bronglias, Aberystwyth
- Glan Gwili, Carmarthen
- Singleton, Swansea
- University Hospital of Wales
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 034064-2026
About the buyer
Public Health WalesLast 12 months
Procurements
40Awards
17Similar open tenders
All open laboratory equipment tenders- £470kestimated
- £122kestimated
- £437kestimated
- £1.06bnframework ceiling
- £77kestimated
From notice 034064-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 15 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.