Official UK procurement notice
Laboratory Bruker Instrument Maintenance And Support Services
Procurement agent: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board·On behalf of: Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is to inform the market of the intention of this procurement which covers preventative maintenance, reactive repair support, remote technical assistance and applicable software support for specialist laboratory equipment manufactured by Bruker UK Ltd and awarded to Bruker.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Oct 2026, 14:37 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 16:47 BST
- Authority reference
CAV-DIR-(26-27) 93- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100178- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078e06Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Manufacturer of equipment is the only one able to provide necessary maintenance and support services.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Oct 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published5 days ago22 Oct 2026, 16:47 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 6 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published22 Oct 2026, 14:37 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published22 Oct 2026, 16:47 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUKER UK LIMITED2 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2030 | £184,365 | 22 Oct 2026standstill to 2 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Velindre University NHS Trust Please note NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) will manage this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. Due to having the same identifiers, we're unable to reflect this in the notice options.Beneficiary authority
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Procuring entityProcurement Services
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bruker UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender