Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Alder House, Alder Court, St.Asaph Business Park
St.Asaph
LL17 0JL
UK
Contact person: Ian Emptage
Telephone: +44 2921501063
E-mail: ian.emptage@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
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Completion of Care Pathways for Cataract Procedures
Reference number: BCU-DCO-58658
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85121281
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision for the support for the delivery of Cataract procedures for the completed pathways, for all patients transferred via BCUHB up until 31st March 2025
There will be no patients transferred by BCUHB to the provider after 31st March 2025
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
985 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85121281
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD6
Main site or place of performance:
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision for the support for the delivery of Cataract procedures for the completed pathways, for all patients transferred via BCUHB up until 31st March 2025. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has identified the need for additional services to support its Elective Recovery Plan. The short-term goal is increasing capacity to address the backlog of patients who have been waiting more than 52 weeks from referral.
It is anticipated that the contract will be completed by 31st October 2025 however this contract will allow for the provision of services as detailed in this Notice until 31st March 2026
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 65
Price
/ Weighting:
35
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015). This is for technical reasons in that this contract may not be awarded to any other particular economic operator.
This contract will commence from 1st April 2025 and will be for the completion of patient’s cataract pathway for the cohort of patients transferred to New Medical Systems Ltd under the current contract, reference - BCU-DCO-57781 which was a short-term contract from 13th December 2024 to 31st March 2025 to treat long waiters on BCUHB cataract waiting lists. Due to delays in transferring the patients to the provider and the need to give reasonable offer to the patients it is impossible to schedule the full cohort within the contract timeframe, to transfer patients back to BCUHB on 1st April 2025 would be detrimental to their medical care.
The full cohort of BCUHB patients will have been transferred to New Medical Systems Ltd before 21st of February 2025 with the over 104 week wait patients being the priority to be seen and treated in the period up until 31st March 2025. No further patients will be transferred and this contract will be solely for the current patients’ completion of treatment/ full pathways
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-006134
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: BCU-DCO-58658
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20/02/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NEW MEDICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley
Fareham
PO157PA
UK
Telephone: +44 7741843315
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 985 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:149676)
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
16/04/2025