Closed tender

CLI-FTS-58921 Culture Media and Associated Consumables

Details

Value
£8,809,107
Topic
Culture medium
Published
4 November 2025
Submission
16 December 2025

Tender description

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (NWSSP-ProcS), hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, have established an All-Wales Framework Agreement for Culture Media and Associated Consumables on behalf of all NHS Bodies in Wales. The Framework Agreement will have an initial duration of four years, with the option to extend for a further two years, giving a maximum total duration of six years. Organisations who may enter into the Agreement include Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Hywel Dda University Health Board Public Health Wales Trust Swansea Bay University Health Board Velindre NHS Trust (Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL) and Welsh Blood Service)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published4 November 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date16 December 2025

About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 24931250 · Culture medium

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