Awarded contract

Insourcing of Vascular and Non-Obstetric Ultrasound Services

Details

Value
£1
Duration
1 year
Topic
Medical imaging services
Published
19 December 2025

Tender 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 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published19 December 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 January 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 3 months

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

  • 85150000 · Medical imaging services

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