Modification notice
Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Contact person: Lurdes
Telephone: +44 1443848585
E-mail: lurdes.magalhaes@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
Optometry Prison Service Provision
Reference number: ABU-OJEU-55037
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
85323000
85140000
75231230
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
On Tuesday 16th January 2024 the tender was published on eTenderWales and response was required by a deadline of Thursday 08th February 2024 by 12pm. Out of 2 suppliers who accessed the tender documentation, 1 submitted a response.
Bidders were required to respond to a number of qualification questions. The questions were used to assess bidders on the mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion and also their technical and professional ability. Responses to these questions were assessed on a pass/ fail basis. A fail on any of these questions would result in a bidder being disqualified from the process.
Bidding organisations who score a minimum of 50% or above to each of the Award Criteria weight sections was invited to attend a formal invite to a 10-minute presentation and 10-minite interview to demonstrate how the supplier proposed to deliver the service in line with the Service Specification issued by the Health Board.
The Optometry Prison Service was awarded to the supplier The Prison Optician.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 84
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:
2024/S 000-001637
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: ABU-OJEU-55037
Title: Optometry Prison Service Provision
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
25/03/2024
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
the prison opticians company
County House, 35 Earl Street
Maidstone
ME141PF
UK
Telephone: +44 7833123590
NUTS: UKJ46
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
/concession: 1 512 000.00
GBP
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:140361)
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
28/03/2024
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1) Main CPV code
85100000
VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
VII.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
VII.1.4) Description of the procurement
Total Contract value is 151,200 and not 15,120,000.
VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 84
VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: 151 200.00 GBP
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
the prison opticians company
County House, 35 Earl Street
Maidstone
ME141PF
UK
Telephone: +44 7833123590
NUTS: UKJ46
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
Yes
VII.2) Information about modifications
VII.2.1) Description of the modifications
To amend the total contract value, it was typed incorrectly, it is 121200 and not 15120000.
VII.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
To amend the total contract value, it was typed incorrectly, it is 121200 and not 15120000.
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: 15 120 000.00 Currency: GBP
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: 121 200.00 Currency: GBP