Notice Information
Notice Title
Insourcing of Vascular and Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Services
Notice Description
Non-committal Direct Award Agreement for provision of Locum support for Vascular and Non-Obstetric Ultrasound services. The provision is to cover unknown staff shortages during the contract period and called off as and when service requests.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Non-committal contract for the provision of Locum Sonographer for Vascular and Non-Obstetric Ultrasound services. Provision will be requested by the Health Board on an ad hoc requirement to cover unforeseen staff shortages during contract period. This is a non-committal contract, the contract value detailed will be a maximum spend during the contract period. Monthly activity will be determined and approved by Health Board Workforce Board and agreed with the provider prior to month start.
Procurement Information
Provision of this service is initially sought via NHS Staffing routes and existing contracts in place first. Due to shortages in available staff in Wales for this service expertise, the normal route to cover is routinely unavailable. This contract is non-committal and will only be called off when normal routes cannot satisfy requirement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fa4d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003122-2026
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85150000 - Medical imaging services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £116,425 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 6-12 months
- 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
- Andrew Morgan
- Contact Email
- andrew.morgan12@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2921501500
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEATH PORT TALBOT
- Postcode
- SA12 7BX
- Post Town
- Swansea
- 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
- TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Electoral Ward
- Aberavon
- Westminster Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
Further Information
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