Notice Information
Notice Title
North Wales Fleet Maintenance & Service Arrangements
Notice Description
NWSSP on behalf of The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) sought a reliable and experienced supplier to provide a comprehensive fleet maintenance service for it's North Wales based vehicles, which play a vital role in the organisation's work of collecting, testing and distributing blood and blood products to hospitals across Wales. Ensuring the operational readiness and legal compliance of these vehicles is critical to the continuity of WBS's life-saving services. A formal agreement with WBS was required, to deliver a full range of maintenance services, including routine servicing, scheduled inspections, MOTs, emergency breakdown support, tail lift testing and bodywork repairs. These services must ensure all vehicles are roadworthy, compliant with transport legislation and available for use when required. Vehicles are primarily based at the following WBS locations: * North West Team Base, Llandygai, Bangor (LL57 4YH) * North East Team Base and holding/distribution centre, Pembroke House, Wrexham (LL13 7YT)
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Two x Twelve Month optional extension periods
Planning Information
Welsh Blood Service Market Engagement Notice: The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) is a national organisation dedicated to collecting voluntary, non-remunerated blood donations from the public. These donations are rigorously processed, tested, and distributed to hospitals across Wales to support critical patient care. The WBS is a division of Velindre University NHS Trust. A Senior Leadership Team supports the Divisional Director of the WBS and the WBS is authorised and licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, who audit the organisation at defined periods. The WBS Transport Department operates a large fleet of vehicles as part of the organisation’s activities in the collection, testing and distribution of blood and blood products to its customer hospitals. A proportion of these vehicles are based in North Wales at two separate locations. It is essential that the WBS service have to necessary maintenance contact in place to ensure that all vehicle’s operated and driven by employees are legally compliant with current road transport legislation. • North West Team Base, Llandygai, Bangor (LL57 4YH) • North East Team Base and holding/distribution centre, Pembroke House, Wrexham (LL13 7YT) This notice serves as a call for market engagement and to announce an upcoming tender opportunity. The preliminary market engagement will run from 18th June 2025 to 30th June 2025, with interested suppliers invited to participate at a later date (to be confirmed) through the eTender portal. www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk The full specification and detailed instructions for the process will be included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation available on the portal. Following the advertisement of the tender, all supplier submissions received within the timeframe will be thoroughly evaluated by the Trust before awarding the contract. Suppliers are invited at this stage to engage with NWSSP to provide information that may be useful to this tendering process or to ask any questions they may have. Engagement at this stage is voluntary and non-participation will not disadvantage you in any future tender opportunities. It is highly encouraged that suppliers respond if they have any queries as this will help to provide valuable insights at this early stage. We look forward to engaging with potential suppliers and appreciate your interest in supporting the vital work of the Welsh Blood Service.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054f8e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080804-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 30 Nov 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Additional Buyers
NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Alexandra McHugh
- Contact Email
- alexandra.mchugh@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF14 3UZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL11 Isle of Anglesey, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080804-2025
8th December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038825-2025
10th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033541-2025
19th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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