Official UK procurement notice
BCU-ITT-60244 - PATHOLOGY TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR YSBYTY GLAN CLWYD
Procurement agent: BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD·On behalf of: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Pathology Department at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd requires a reliable and efficient transport service for the routine collection and delivery of pathology samples, pathology reports, hospital mail, and, when necessary, pharmacy products. This service is essential to support timely diagnostics, patient care, and internal communications across the Health Board. A full list of sites to be serviced is provided within the ITT & specification.
The required service will operate on a scheduled basis from Monday to Friday, including Saturdays and Statutory Holidays as necessary. The successful contractor will be expected to adhere to strict collection and delivery timelines to ensure continuity of clinical and operational services.
The initial contract will be awarded for a period of 24 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the Health Board, subject to satisfactory performance and continued service need.
CPV: Courier services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049794- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058a6cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Aug 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published19 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
- Market engagement31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
This is a pre-market engagement notice and interested parties are invited to submit a proposal via the eTender portal once the tender is live. If there are any queries regarding the procurement, please contact Alexandra McHugh.
- Tender notice expected2 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts361 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Aug 2025, 12:06 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityProcurement
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender