Notice Information
Notice Title
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)
Notice Description
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are awarding the contract for Portable Appliance Testing and Inspection of electrical appliances together with all appliance labelling and detailed record keeping for all appliances throughout the Estate. The works include elements of minor repairs to fuses, plugs, cables, etc. where economically viable and will all be expected to be carried out in compliance with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 together with all relevant legislation, British Standards, HSE guidance, relevant electrical standards, codes of procedure/practise, etc.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: An option to extend for a further two years in annual intervals
Planning Information
Preliminary Market Engagement Notice with intent to go to open FTS Tender W/C 14th July 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055c47
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003686-2026
- 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
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
71631000 - Technical inspection services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £170,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £170,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £131,600 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £131,600 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 14 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 22 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 9 Jan 2026 - 8 Jan 2029 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)
- Contact Name
- Lily Prance
- Contact Email
- lily.prance@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +442921500642
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF14 4HH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Heath
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003686-2026
16th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085500-2025
22nd December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042265-2025
23rd July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038702-2025
9th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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