Award

Transparency Notice - Intent to Direct Award to Diaco Limited

  • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-029708

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-052c07 (view related notices)

Published 4 June 2025, 9:26am



Scope

Description

The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to purchase a fully mobile dental platform designed specifically for wheelchair patients. The patient remains in their own wheelchair at all times, eliminating manual handling and hoisting, whilst enabling the optimal angle for dental care treatment for both patient and clinical team. From market research it is believed that the Diaco Dental Chair is the only available option that meets the following specific technical requirements and this notice is being published to advise the market of the intention to award subject to no challenge from other suppliers who believe they can meet the requirements.

The dental chair must accept all mass electric and manual wheelchairs up to a Safe Working Load of 1100lbs/500kgs.

The dental chair must have the ability to recline all the way past 45 to 75 allowing the correct flat head position for the patient and the correct seated working position for the dental team.

The dental chair must be completely manual handling free when being moved around the surgery, with the ability to plug in the joystick and move.

The dental chair must have a quick patient release in case of power failure.


Contract 1. Capital Purchase of Dental Chairs

Supplier

Contract value

  • £47,495 excluding VAT
  • £56,994 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

16 June 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 17 June 2025 to 17 July 2025
  • 1 month, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 33192000 - Medical furniture

Contract locations

  • UKL - Wales

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Diaco Limited

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNDB-8856-QGCG

56 West Street

Shoreham By Sea

BN43 5WG

United Kingdom

Telephone: 08000439358

Email: Steve@diaco.co.uk

Region: UKJ27 - West Sussex (South West)

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Capital Purchase of Dental Chairs


Contracting authority

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXWV-6492-CGMN

Woodlands House, Maes-y-Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH

United Kingdom

Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales