Awarded· 15 Jul 2025
Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) · Cardiff, Wales
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cardiff.
Source: Sell2Wales, published 24 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice · 00:00
View notice2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice updated
OJEU - F20 - Modification Notice · 00:00
View notice2026
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cardiff. It was awarded on 15 July 2025. The contract value is £644,896. The contract runs from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Sell2Wales published it on 24 December 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-kuma6s-153516.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, has overseen the 'Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines' project, focusing on services aimed at reducing patient waiting lists for spinal procedures in Cardiff and the Vale region.
This procurement falls under the industry category of health services, with a CPV classification of 85100000, and is conducted in accordance with the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. The contract, which has been confirmed and awarded through a framework agreement with a competition, is valued at £494,541.35 for the period from 1st October 2025 to 31st March 2026.
The selection process concluded with the formal contract signing on 16th December 2025. The contract is split equally between two suppliers, Nuffield Health and Spire Cardiff Hospital, who have been chosen based on their high technical, commercial, and social value scores.
The notice in full
Planned Care Outsourcing of Spinal Procedures to reduce patient waiting lists in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Complete
This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award notice for an uplift in contract value via a CCN to the original contract in line with the initial notice published to cover services up to 31st March 2026 subject to further funding being approved. This contract has been awarded under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded based on a framework agreement with competition.
Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, this notice outlines a modification of contract in line with the CCN for additional activity and value awarded for Q3 and Q4.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Oct 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
- Lots
- 1
- Number of suppliers
- 2
Procedure
- Notice type
- OJEU - F20 - Modification Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Sell2Wales
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Buyer's portal
- Sell2Wales
Values
- Contracts value
- £644,896
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-153516
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85121283 - Orthopaedic services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Town
- Cardiff
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Electoral ward
- Heath
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Delivery area
- Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Sub-region
- Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Area
- South East Wales
- Country
- Wales
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust)
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Marisa Riley, emma.lane@wales.nhs.uk
- Phone
- +44 2921501085, +44 2921501375
- Address
- Cardiff, CF15 7QZ · Wales · Wales
Documents and links
- Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines - Planned Care Outsourcing of Spinal Procedures to reduce patient waiting…sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Planned Care Outsourcing - Spinessell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Nwssp.nhs.walesnwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- Sell2Wales portal, to register and bidapi.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1
- Latest noticesell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx
- OCDS record ocds-kuma6s-153516 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-k…
Questions about Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines
Who won the Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
How much is the Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines contract worth?
The contract value is £644,896. The contract runs from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for Planned Care Outsourcing - Spines?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust), based in Cardiff, Wales. The named contact is Marisa Riley, emma.lane@wales.nhs.uk, on +44 2921501085, +44 2921501375.
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