Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Private, Safe, and Secure Transportation for Patients within Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Service Group.
Authority: Swansea Bay University Health Board (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Specialist Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Patient Transport Services for Swansea Bay University Health Board. The procurement seeks to establish a multi-supplier contractual arrangement for the safe, secure, dignified, and responsive transportation of patients requiring planned and unplanned transfers between healthcare facilities, specialist placements, community settings, courts, and other approved locations. The service will support patients with varying levels of clinical, behavioural, safeguarding, and mobility needs, ensuring continuity of care, compliance with statutory obligations, and value-for-money service delivery across the Health Board. This procurement exercise is being carried out via Bravo E-tendering Portal.
Bravo E-tendering Project Code: project_63640. ITT Code: itt_128039.
CPV: Ambulance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£623,602
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must be legally constituted organisations with the authority to enter into a contract with Swansea Bay University Health Board and must not be subject to any applicable exclusion grounds. Tenderers must comply with all relevant legislative requirements, including safeguarding, equality, data protection, health and safety, and Welsh language obligations, and be able to support identified Welsh language needs during contract delivery. Tenderers must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity and stability to deliver the contract throughout its duration and maintain appropriate levels of insurance, including Employers' Liability, Public Liability, and Professional Indemnity Insurance.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Mandatory Pass/Fail criteria: Tenderers will be required to satisfy a number of mandatory pass/fail requirements designed to ensure that they possess the legal, financial, technical, and operational capability necessary to deliver the contract. These requirements include compliance with safeguarding and regulatory obligations, staff competency and training standards, operational capacity to deliver the service, minimum insurance and financial standing requirements, information governance and data protection obligations, and the ability to support Welsh language requirements during contract delivery. Failure to meet any mandatory criterion will result in the tender being excluded from further evaluation.
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers must be legally constituted organisations with the authority to enter into a contract with Swansea Bay University Health Board and must not be subject to any applicable exclusion grounds. Tenderers must comply with all relevant legislative requirements, including safeguarding, equality, data protection, health and safety, and Welsh language obligations, and be able to support identified Welsh language needs during contract delivery. Tenderers must demonstrate that they have the financial capacity and stability to deliver the contract throughout its duration and maintain appropriate levels of insurance, including Employers' Liability, Public Liability, and Professional Indemnity Insurance.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £622,749 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Swansea Bay University Health Board buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514), and who usually turns up
Swansea Bay University Health Board’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Wales (Cymru).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 51 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid80%
2–38%
4–612%
7+0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate24%
Within ±2%61%
Above estimate15%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1CPV 8514Published estimate£624k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–343%
4–622%
7+9%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 7 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£579k–£624k
Estimate£624k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £410m15 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 5 live · £72m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=1 | |
| £44m29 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £285k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £842k5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £304k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £3.2m4 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £1.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £2.7m18 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
SBU-FTS-63640-001-AN-26.- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100773- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b43Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/home.html ↗
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the Bravo E-Tender Wales portal. Suppliers should not submit tenders by email or post. All communications, requests for clarification, and tender submissions must be made through the Bravo E-Tender Wales portal. Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that their submission is completed and submitted before the stated deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 21 Dec 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published28 days ago28 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
- Next notice expected18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days9 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 31 days26 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 53 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 55 days21 Dec 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Sept 2026, 10:42 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Nov 2026, 15:00 GMT23 Oct 2026, 20:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender