Awarded contract

Supply of Computers on Wheels (COWS)

Details

Supplier(s)
Probrand Ltd
Value
£612,000
Topic
Computer equipment and supplies
Published
1 June 2026

Tender description

Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) have awarded a contract for the supply of computers on wheels (COWs) to mount PCs, monitors, laptops and tablets to provide care at the bedside. These carts enable healthcare professionals to access and input patient information directly at the bedside, ensuring data is entered accurately and in real time. By facilitating point-of-care digital access, COWs support clinical workflows, reduce delays, and minimise transcription errors. They are essential for delivering bedside care within a modern, digitally enabled healthcare environment, and are a key enabler for the successful implementation of the Health Board’s digital transformation strategy. Lot 1: Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) have awarded a contract for the supply of computers on wheels (COWs) to mount PCs, monitors, laptops and tablets to provide care at the bedside. These carts enable healthcare professionals to access and input patient information directly at the bedside, ensuring data is entered accurately and in real time. By facilitating point-of-care digital access, COWs support clinical workflows, reduce delays, and minimise transcription errors. They are essential for delivering bedside care within a modern, digitally enabled healthcare environment, and are a key enabler for the successful implementation of the Health Board’s digital transformation strategy.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 February 2026
  2. Completed: Award published1 June 2026
    Current notice

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

  • 30200000 · Computer equipment and supplies

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