Published date: 9 June 2020
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Optician services - 85160000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£175,728
Procurement reference
M-20-06
Published date
9 June 2020
Closing date
31 May 2020
Contract start date
8 June 2020
Contract end date
31 May 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Single tender action (below threshold)
A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG - COVID - 19 Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES)
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) are working on behalf of NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG who are making a contract award for COVID - 19 Urgent Eyecare Services (CUES) to Primary Eyecare Services Ltd.
This is contract award is being made due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to national COVID-19 guidance, hospital ophthalmology departments have reduced all routine out-patient and surgical activity, providing services only for high risk patients and emergency care. As a consequence, there is a risk that patients with urgent eye health issues will find it difficult to access care or may choose not to access care from a hospital setting, with potential implications for their sight and long-term eye health.
The CUES service will:
• safely deliver urgent eye care in the community
• deliver remote triage and consultations (by telephone or video) to minimise face-to-face appointments
• make use of technology to reduce patient - practitioner contact time
• reduce the expected burden on the rest of primary care (GP practices) and reduce pressures on ophthalmology departments within secondary care
• maintain local access to quality eyecare services for the local population
The contract will be awarded to be delivered on a case-by-case basis and it is anticipated that the contract value will be approximately £87,864 per annum. The contract is being awarded for a 12-month period with the option to extend for a further 1 x 12-month period.
The contract will be reviewed as part of phase II recovery plans and any further national guidance.
More information
Additional text
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This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
The CCG is awarding this contract in line with the Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 01/20 issued by the UK Cabinet Office in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CCG is exercising its right to undertake a direct award due to extreme urgency utilising Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Award information
Awarded date
1 June 2020
Contract start date
8 June 2020
Contract end date
31 May 2022
Total value of contract
£175,728
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES LIMITED
Address
2 Woodbridge Street
LONDON
EC1R 0DG
GBReference
Companies House number: 06722353
Value of contract
£175,728
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Helen Graham
Address
c/o NHS South Sefton CCG, 3rd Floor Merton House
Stanley Road
Bootle
L20 3DL
England
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