Modification notice

Modification of a contract/concession during its term

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession

Contract No: SBU-DAP2-61733

Title: COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES

V.2 Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession

20/03/2026

V.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: /concession: 1.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the award to a provider under the Direct Award Process 2, this notice serves as an award of contract under the PSR Wales.

This contract has been awarded from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027. Decision Makers were Patricia Jones, Commissioning & Contracting Manager, SBUHB.

No providers were excluded from the process, no representations were made during the Standstill Period detailed in the Notice of Intent.

(WA Ref:163182)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

20/03/2026

Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession

VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications

VII.1.1) Main CPV code

85140000

VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)

VII.1.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKL18

Main site or place of performance:

Swansea Bay UHB Footprint

VII.1.4) Description of the procurement

The incumbent provider, Marie Curie has historically delivered end of life care primarily supporting individuals with cancer, although a small proportion of non-cancer patients also receive care under the existing contract for residents of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot aged 18+ years of age. Palliative and End of Life care is an active holistic care of patients with advance progressive illness. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems whether physical, psychosocial, or spiritual. It is usual to consider this as the last year of life, during which time a patient will receive, management of pain and other symptoms and provision of psychological, social and spiritual support,

Marie Curie plays a vital role in providing high quality support and interventions to patients and their families/carers within the last year of the patient’s life enabling patients to remain at home where appropriate, reducing avoidable hospital admissions, provides respite support , emotional support to reduce anxiety for patient/families/carers, improves outcomes and decreases symptom burden and supporting dignified palliative/end of life care in familiar surroundings.

This current contract is so specific and there are no other Providers registered to deliver this service it is deemed that Marie Curie is the sole provider to deliver this contract.

Direct Award Process 2 has been considered the most appropriate procurement process for the purposes of this requirement as the term of an existing contract is due to expire, and the commissioner has proposed a new contract to replace that existing contract at the end of its term; the proposed contracting arrangements are not a considerable change; and the commissioner is of the view that the existing providers are satisfying the existing contract and will likely be able to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.

Information regarding the estimated lifetime value of the contract and the existing contract has not been published and is withheld under regulation 23(1) due to commercial sensitivity

The dates between which the services are intended to be provided : 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027

VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Duration in months: 12

VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the procurement: 1.00 GBP

The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

VII.2) Information about modifications

VII.2.1) Description of the modifications

Direct Award Process 2 confirmation of contract award notice, for avoidance of doubt, this notice does not represent a modification of contract.

VII.2.2) Reasons for modification

Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire

Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:

Direct Award Process 2 confirmation of contract award notice, for avoidance of doubt, this notice does not represent a modification of contract.

VII.2.3) Increase in price

Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)

Value excluding VAT: 1.00 Currency: GBP

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: 1.00 Currency: GBP