INSPECTION & TESTING OF UHW, UHL AND WOODLAND HOUSE HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT
- Buyer
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- Value
- £300,000
- Closes
- 23 November 2026
- Where
- Cardiff, Wales
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wants a contractor to inspect and maintain the low and high voltage electrical switchgear across its hospitals and sites, including University Hospital of Wales, University Hospital Llandough, Barry Hospital, Woodland House and Genomics. The work keeps the hospitals' power supply secure, so faults are cut off quickly and safely by the protection system. The estimated value is £300,000.
What the buyer wants
• Inspect and test the low and high voltage switchgear and protection systems across all listed UHB sites • Carry out planned maintenance to keep the power supply to the hospitals secure and reliable • Work safely around live hospital electrical equipment, following the Health Board's site procedures
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The notice sets out no explicit qualification or experience criteria, but this is live high voltage work in hospitals, so a firm without in-house HV-competent engineers and experience of NHS sites would likely be ruled out.
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