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Published 17 Jan 2024, 15:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Optometry Prison Service Provision

Official notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitableAccelerated
Published estimate£153,825exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Feb 2024awarded 25 Mar 2024
Awarded to The Prison Opticians Company LTD.2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The nature of this service is to provide optometric services to prisoners of HMP Usk and Prescoed which is equivalent to that provided to

members of the general public as far as possible.

The ophthalmic service will provide a community equivalent ophthalmic service that meets the needs of patients, with equity of access

within the prison.

The ophthalmic service will work with all health and wellbeing service providers to deliver an integrated service where clinicians work

together as a team to deliver patient centred care.

CPV: Community health services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Prison services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Total Contract value is 151,200 and not 15,120,000AwardedRenewalPublished value£153,825
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Start on 01th April 2024 with a duration of 5 years with an option to extend for a further two ( 1+1) years in 12 month increments from 1st April 2029.Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jan 2024, 15:05 GMT
Last source update
28 Mar 2024, 13:37 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
ABU-OJEU-55037
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-010307
Accelerated
The service is required with urgency.
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health servicesPrison services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042df5 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:140361)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
1 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
1 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Feb 2024 → 28 Mar 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    28 Mar 2024, 13:37 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Mar 2024, 10:41 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £121,2001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 25 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Prison Opticians Company LTD.SME£15,120,000 †ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the noticesame award published again · counted once—Awarded
The Prison Opticians Company LTD.SME£121,200 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 010213-2024-ABU-OJEU-55037-1 · The Prison Opticians Company LTD.SME

    Signed
    25 Mar 2024
    Value
    £15,120,000
    Status
    active
  • Optometry Prison Service Provision · The Prison Opticians Company LTD.SME

    Signed
    25 Mar 2024
    Value
    £121,200
    Status
    active
    • Change To amend the total contract value, it was typed incorrectly, it is 121200 and not 15120000., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: To amend the total contract value, it was typed incorrectly, it is 121200 and not 15120000.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria