Notice Information
Notice Title
OUTSOURCING OF HISTOLOGY SPECIMENS
Notice Description
To support the Welsh Government's efforts to reduce waiting times within Cellular Pathology services at Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB), a Direct Award is intended to be made to CYTED UK Ltd for the provision of outsourced specimen testing. The service contract is scheduled to commence on 22nd September 2025.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a Contract Award Notice a contract under Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales). This notice confirms the intention of Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) to award a contract via Direct Award under the HealthTrust Europe (HTE) Framework Agreement: Supply of Diagnostic Services, reference HTE-010497, Lot 2 - Pathology Reporting. The proposed contract is for a short-term outsourcing arrangement to increase cellular pathology capacity at Singleton Hospital. The selected provider, CYTED UK Ltd, will deliver a full "wet, block and slide to report" service, covering cases from low to high complexity. This award is being made under the Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR) Regulations 2025. For clarity, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 are not applicable to this procurement. Publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period, during which representations may be submitted. The deadline for receipt of representations is midnight on Thursday, 18th September 2025. Please note, this contract has not yet been formally awarded, this notice is issued solely as a statement of intent in accordance with PSR Wales. The service contract is scheduled to commence on 22nd September 2025.
Procurement Information
The use of a national framework a direct award route has been selected due to unforeseen and urgent timescales required to operationalise the service. the immediate need for additional capacity has necessitated a swift procurement approach.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05953b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058944-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85111800 - Pathology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £332,220 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- 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
- Paul Buckingham
- Contact Email
- paul.buckingham@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2921501500
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- 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
- TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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