Commissioning the Cardiff University simulation suite and a new head of ophthalmology

Official notice

Authority: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Wales (UKL)

Awarded value£170,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 15 Jun 2023no call for competition

Awarded to CARDIFF UNIVERSITY2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

HEIW has commissioned access for trainees on the Wales Ophthalmology Specialist Training programme to simulation equipment and facilities within the Ophthalmic Simulation Suite in Cardiff University’s School of Optometry and Vision sciences. Welsh Government have issued GBP 760,000 of funding to support the development of the Ophthalmic Simulation suite to meet the Royal College of Ophthalmologists curriculum requirements for Ophthalmology training. HEIW have agreed to funding on an annual basis as a proportionate contribution towards the management, running and consumable costs for the centre.

CPV: Adult-education services at university level · Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Wales

80430000 Adult-education services at university level

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Jul 2024, 15:22 BST
Last source update: 29 Jul 2024, 10:29 BST
Authority reference: HEIW - STA - 725
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-023536
Classification (CPV): Adult-education services at university levelEducation and training services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047c56 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: There is currently a shortage of Consultant Ophthalmologist in Wales, with further challenges in recruiting and retaining new trainee Consultant Ophthalmologists. The scale of this shortage was recently highlighted in an external report which showed that there are currently 1.8 Ophthalmology Consultant per 100,000 population which is the lowest in the UK. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists recommends that there should be 3 to 3.5 Consultant Ophthalmologists per 100,000 population.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:143348)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £170,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 15 Jun 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	£170,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	£170,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 021115-2024-H0725-1 · CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Signed
15 Jun 2023
Value
£170,000
Status
active
Contract 023536-2024-H0725-1 · CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Signed
15 Jun 2023
Value
£170,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth & Education Ty Dysgu Cefn Coed, Nantgarw,, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QQContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CARDIFF UNIVERSITYAwarded supplier CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, 30 36 NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF, UK, CF240DE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.