Scope
Reference
SSP-DIR (25-26) 142
Description
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) awarded a contract to Innova Systems for the replacement of the mono rail and sorting system at the Swansea Laundry Production Unit in the financial year 2023/24. NWSSP was notified on 17th July 2024 that Innova Systems had entered into administration and as a consequence were unable to install the system in Swansea laundry.Mono rail track profiles are proprietary to each supplier and cannot be interchanged. Therefore, the installer of the Innova track would need to acquire the rights to use Innova’s track profile, which also encompasses the design for the Swansea track installation.
Monorail UK acquired the rights to use the Innova profile and is now the sole company authorized to install the track in the Swansea laundry. Before committing to the installation, Monorail UK conducted a validation exercise on the existing design. This review identified several issues, including conflicts between the monorail route and the high-beam roof structure.
Because the track profile is unique and incompatible with other systems, Monorail UK holds exclusive rights to use the ‘Innova’ profile. Engaging any other supplier would require replacing the existing track owned by NWSSP, incurring additional costs. Therefore NWSSP is looking to complete a Direct Award to Monorail UK Under Schedule 5.5 a & b of the Procurement Act 2023:
- due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
- there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
Contract 1. Mono Rail Track & Sorting System
Supplier
Contract value
- £91,474.41 excluding VAT
- £109,769.32 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
29 December 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 23 February 2026 to 31 March 2026
- 1 month, 6 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 51500000 - Installation services of machinery and equipment
Contract locations
- UKL18 - Swansea
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - without competition
Supplier
Monorails UK (Ross) Ltd
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBWM-9269-CVRY
Unit 2a Ladygrove Business Park, Mitcheldean
Gloucestershire
GL17 0DS
United Kingdom
Email: admin@monorailsuk.com
Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Mono Rail Track & Sorting System
Contracting authority
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
- NHS Organisation Data Service: RQF
4-5 Charnwood Court,
Cardiff
CF14 3UZ
United Kingdom
Contact name: Michael Butler
Email: michael.butler2@wales.nhs.uk
Website: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales