Notice Information
Notice Title
Emergency Department Well-being & Home Safe Service
Notice Description
This is a joint procurement for the provision of Emergency Department Well-being & Home Safe Service to a select number of Health Boards across South East and South West Wales. The tender will be split into the following Lotting structure: Lot 1 - Cardiff and Vale University Heath Board (University Hospital Wales) Lot 2 - Hywel Dda University Health Board ( Glangwili General Hospital) Lot 3 - Swansea Bay University Health Board ( Morriston Hospital) The Emergency Department (ED) well-being and home safe service was established to support local clinical teams and patients accessing emergency department services. The service offers support for frail older people and vulnerable adults in emergency departments, as well as resettle people in their homes with follow-up welfare calls or visits, and where necessary, to connect them to community services to avoid readmission into the emergency department.
Lot Information
Cardiff and Vale University Heath Board (University Hospital Wales)
This is for the provision of Emergency Services and Well Being within the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (University Hospital Wales).
Renewal: There is an option to extend the Initial Term of the Contract as follows: - Extension 1 - 1st April 2027 - 31st March 2028 - Extension 2 - 1st April 2028 - 31st March 2029 - Extension 3 - 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2030 - Extension 4 - 1st April 2030 - 31st March 2031
Hywel Dda University Health Board - Glangwili General HospitalThis is for the provision of Emergency Services and Well Being within the Hywel Dda University Health Board (Glangwili General Hospital)
Renewal: There is an option to extend the Initial Term of the Contract as follows: - Extension 1 - 1st April 2027 - 31st March 2028 - Extension 2 - 1st April 2028 - 31st March 2029 - Extension 3 - 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2030 - Extension 4 - 1st April 2030 - 31st March 2031
Swansea Bay University Health Board - Morriston HospitalThis is for the provision of Emergency Services and Well Being within the Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Renewal: There is an option to extend the Initial Term of the Contract as follows: - Extension 1 - 1st April 2027 - 31st March 2028 - Extension 2 - 1st April 2028 - 31st March 2029 - Extension 3 - 1st April 2029 - 31st March 2030 - Extension 4 - 1st April 2030 - 31st March 2031
Planning Information
NWSSP is seeking feedback from suppliers, contractors and other interested parties to help the noted Health boards to increase it's market understanding and inform the development of the procurement to ensure that it meets their objectives. This preliminary market engagement exercise is open to all interested parties. To participate in the preliminary market engagement exercise, please contact the names detailed below who will be able to provide you with the Preliminary Market Engagement Document. Once you have read through the document and supporting appendices, please complete the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire. For support and assistance with participating in this exercise, please contact a member of the Supplier Relationship Team, who’s details have been provided below: Sam Donegan sam.donegan@wales.nhs.uk Amy Chilvers Amy.chilvers@wales.nhs.uk Whilst the pipeline notices for each Health Board state the requirement would be 1 Lot, The Lots will be split into 3 Lotting structures. To note, the below pipeline notices published below apply to this potential procurement: 151443 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service. 151450 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service. 151447 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service. 151455 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service. 151453 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service. 151433 Emergency Department Wellbeing & Home Safe Service.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05233c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068744-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,426,900 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,426,900 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Oct 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) UNDERTAKING THE PROCUREMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES
- Additional Buyers
CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Amy Chilvers
- Contact Email
- amy.chilvers@wales.nhs.uk, claire.salisbury@wales.nhs.uk, gemma.deverill@wales.nhs.uk, keir.warner@wales.nhs.uk, ryan.zobole@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF14 4HH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL44 Neath Port Talbot
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Electoral Ward
- Baglan
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068744-2025
27th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055791-2025
11th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026550-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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