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Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) verified 9 hours ago Contract notice

WBS-ITT-63278-PROVISION OF DRIVER TRAINING TO ACQUIRE CLASS C1 AND D1 LICENCE ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE W

Open United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer Velindre University NHS Trust

7 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC+1)
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 9 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

8 days from publication to deadline

Shorter than usual

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,151 notices of the last two years. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.

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Summary

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The Welsh Blood Service, part of Velindre University NHS Trust, seeks an external training provider to deliver driver training so staff can acquire Category C1 and D1 licence entitlements. Many staff join with only a Category B licence and need extra training to drive vehicles used to transport blood and blood products to hospitals and to move staff and equipment to blood donation clinics. Training is required because the Transport Department lacks in-house training capability. Services are delivered from four sites across Wales: Talbot Green (headquarters), Llanelli (West), Bangor (Northwest) and Wrexham (Northeast). The contract supports operational resilience across Wales, with the procurement run via Sell2Wales and eTenderwales.

Description

The Welsh Blood Service (WBS), part of Velindre University NHS Trust, delivers blood collection and distribution services across Wales. The WBS Transport Department supports this by operating a fleet of vehicles used for: • Transporting blood and blood products to hospitals • Moving staff and equipment to blood donation clinics Many staff are recruited with Category B licence entitlement only and require additional training to drive vehicles requiring C1 and/or D1 licences. Due to a lack of in-house training capability, WBS needs to procure an external provider to deliver this training. The service operates from four sites across Wales: • Talbot Green (Headquarters) • Llanelli (West) • Bangor (Northwest) • Wrexham (Northeast) This contract will support operational resilience and ensure staff are appropriately licensed to meet service demands. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=171415

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    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

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    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Education & training.

  4. Check this first:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    7 days left, 6 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €25,025 and €112,677.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 34 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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Source: Sell2Wales (Welsh Government)

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Last verified against Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) 9 hours ago

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 358 awards for Education & training in United Kingdom.

Median award
€52,495
Middle half of past awards
€25,025 to €112,677

Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Velindre University NHS Trust

United Kingdom

notices in the register
34
awards
23

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
17
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
18%

Based on 17 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Education & training - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Shannon Trust 15 €1.6M Sep 2026
TWA Certifications Ltd 10 €333,401 Sep 2026
QA LIMITED 7 €2.1M Oct 2026
Kinetic Youth Ltd 7 €750,548 Sep 2026
Fareport Training Organisation Limited 7 €44,953 Aug 2026

Based on 445 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

4 open tenders right now

Market context

Sell2Wales (Welsh Government) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Education & training
1,385
median open notice
€280,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
325
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
127

Based on 445 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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