Modification notice
Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Contact person: Miss Katy Leanne Jones
Telephone: +44 2921501500
E-mail: katy.jones3@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Regional Outsourcing Cataracts
Reference number: ABU-MIN-59347
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85121281
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL16
UKL15
UKL21
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is an intention to award a contract based on a framework agreement with a competition, a mini-competition has been conducted under NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Framework Agreement for Outsourcing / Insourcing of Clinical, Surgical & Diagnostic Services Reference Number: PRO-OJEULT-50776.
This mini-competition was run to establish a contract to cover Outsourcing to support the delivery of Cataracts Procedures in South East
Wales for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cwm Taff Bro Morgannwg University Health Board between July 2025 and end March 2026. The service is expected to be delivered regularly Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 6pm during the period. The service will be delivered within 20 miles of the South East Wales Boarder.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start:
05/08/2025
End:
31/03/2026
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-041402
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: ABU-MIN-59347
Title: Regional Outsourcing Cataracts
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
04/08/2025
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
NEW MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley
Fareham
PO157PA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
/concession: 40 000 000.00
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 a framework agreement call off with a competition, this notice serves as an award of contract under the PSR Wales.
Date of contract award - 4TH August 2025
Dates between which the services are intended be provided - 5/08/2025 - 31/03/2026
Award Decision Makers:
Robert Holcombe – Director of Finance ABUHB
James Dalton – Finance ABUHB
Hannah Brayford – Planning ABUHB
Alison Mulligan – Ophthalmology ABUHB
David Challenger – Ophthalmology ABUHB
Rhiannon Reynolds – Ophthalmology ABUHB
Rhys Andrews – Ophthalmology CVUHB
Sankha Udakumbura – Ophthalmology CVUHB
Carol Rees – Ophthalmology CTMUHB
Mary Morris - Ophthalmology CTMUHB
Amit Gaur - Ophthalmology CTMUHB
St Joseph's were removed from the process due to an incomplete tender submission.
No conflicts of interest were identified during the procurement process.
(WA Ref:154704)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/08/2025
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1) Main CPV code
85121281
VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
VII.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL16
UKL15
UKL21
UKL22
VII.1.4) Description of the procurement
This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded based on a framework agreement with competition.
VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start:
05/08/2025
End:
31/03/2026
VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: 40 000 000.00 GBP
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
NEW MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley
Fareham
PO157PA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
No
VII.2) Information about modifications
VII.2.1) Description of the modifications
Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, for the 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:
Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, for the 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: 40 000 000.00 Currency: GBP
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: 40 000 000.00 Currency: GBP