Published date: 23 May 2022
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
South East
Procurement reference
PIN/DESP2022
Published date
23 May 2022
Closing date
22 June 2022
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
This is to inform the market of future commissioning intentions in the South East Region for NHS England & NHS Improvement for Diabetic Eye Screening Services.
Please note the timescales have changed from previous communications, these are indicative, and any planned procurement may be subject to change due to legislative changes expected in 2022.
South Central and West Commissioning Support (CSU) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is acting on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement in the South East to inform the market of future commissioning intentions.
The indicative timeline below is for Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) opportunities in the South East Region for:
• Berkshire
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight
• Oxfordshire
• Surrey
Market and Stakeholder engagement to commence - Autumn 2022
Publication of tender - Spring 2023
Planned contract commencement - April 2024
Please note this may be subject to change due to legislative changes expected in 2022.
NHS England and NHS Improvement South East has extended the current DESP contracts by one year to March 2024, in order to allow the services to complete full COVID-19 restoration and recovery of programmes, including the clearance of backlogs and returning uptake to at least pre-pandemic levels. The contract modification (in the form of a contract extension) is justified under regulation 72 (1)(b).
The DESP contracts to which the extensions have been applied to are:
• Berkshire (Provider: InHealth Intelligence)
• Portsmouth and South East Hampshire (Provider: InHealth Intelligence)
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight (excluding Portsmouth and South East Hampshire) (Provider: InHealth Intelligence)
• Surrey (Provider: NEC Software Solutions UK Limited)
• Oxfordshire (Provider: Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust)
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Additional text
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The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
About the buyer
Contact name
Hannah Morley
Address
Oakley Road
Southampton
SO16 4GX
England
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