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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

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. 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.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 034064-2026

About the buyer

  1. WBS-FTS-63787 Replacement of Rapid Plasma/Blast Freezer Equipment

    NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)WalesLaboratory and scientific equipment, Medical equipment and supplies

    Closing soon6 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £470kestimated
  2. PHW-ITT-63328 Provision of Microbiological Safety Cabinets

    Public Health WalesWalesLaboratory and scientific equipment

    Open10 days leftSmall contract

    £122kestimated
  3. BU322026-Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope

    Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor UniversityWalesLaboratory and scientific equipment

    Open10 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £437kestimated
  4. Heating, Electrical, Mechanical and Decarbonisation Framework

    Eastern Procurement LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, ScotlandEnergy and utilities, Construction

    Open22 days leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £1.06bnframework ceiling
  5. Wbs-itt-63315-maintenance, service and calibration of pipettes within welsh blood service trust

    NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)WalesLaboratory and scientific equipment

    Open27 days leftSmall contract

    £77kestimated

From notice 034064-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 15 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.