Published date: 19 May 2021
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£77,320
Procurement reference
Covid Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) in Hillingdon
Published date
19 May 2021
Closing date
31 January 2021
Closing time
12am
Contract start date
1 February 2021
Contract end date
31 August 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Modification of existing contract to extend duration by 6 months
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
NHS Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group is commissioning a service for the provision of urgent eye care within primary care, utilising the established trained workforce in optical practices, for patients at risk with urgent eye health issues that would have found it difficult to access care, with potential implications for their sight and long term eye health due to the Covid response where hospital ophthalmology departments reduced or stopped all routine out-patient and surgical activity, and were only providing services for high risk patients and emergency care.
The service will provide initial contact, telephone triage, remote consultations and where necessary face to face assessments and management of recent onset symptomatic or urgent ocular presentations who would otherwise present to general practice, hospital services and A&E.
More information
Additional text
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Along with 7 other CCGs in the area, NHS Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group has been incorporated into a new CCG from 1st April 2021 - North West London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
A period of review is required from April 2021 to agree the future model of care and to identify the commissioning strategies for services across NW London for the coming year and beyond.
The existing contract is being modified through contract variation to extend its term of 6 months with another 6 months which will increase the overall value of the contract of £77,320 by £77,320 during this additional term.
Award information
Awarded date
31 March 2021
Contract start date
1 April 2021
Contract end date
30 September 2021
Total value of contract
£77,320
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Primary Eyecare Services Limited
Address
Waulk Mill (2.3), 51 Bengal Street, Manchester, M4 6LN
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Additional details
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This is an existing service that has been in place since August 2020. The CCG has assessed that the service needs to continue whilst a review is completed and new commissioning plans are developed by the newly formed North West London CCG from April 2021.
This modification is necessary to ensure continuity of these services for local patients.
The CCG has considered its obligations under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition). Noting its obligations under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013 the CCG has assessed that Primary Eyecare Services Limited is the only organisation in a position to deliver the high quality integrated services which can achieve the desired outcomes within the borough and being technically capable to deliver the service through an integrated approach with the existing community provider landscape.
The 6-month interim contract will allow the newly established NHS North West London CCG to continue the discussions for consistent commissioning and contracting on the following areas (this is dependent on the findings of the NWL ICS Review of all EoL/SPC services in NW London):
• Contractual framework for commissioning at NWL ICS level
• Finance and staffing resources aligned and consistent with greater demand for Health Inequalities - determine and agree how resources will be allocated
• Models of Care - agree consistent and standardised NWL ICS-wide delivery model to ensure effectiveness, efficiencies and excellent pt. experience across all levels of service delivery whilst meeting local Brent Borough population health & care needs
• Reporting - agree consistent reporting principles and processes taking into account NWL ICS and Brent ICP levels of good governance and robust assurance processes.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Outcome Measures (OM) - review current KPIs and outcome measures to see if they are still fit for purpose and are capturing the right information needed for performance monitoring and reflective of the outcomes being measured impacting patient care.
The 6 month contract period will allow NWL ICS to agree a consistent and standardised Hillingdon-wide delivery model to achieve effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence in patient experience at all levels of service delivering this continuity at this time, particularly having regard to the priorities and resource pressures associated with the local NHS response to COVID-19.
About the buyer
Contact name
Sean Bidewell
Address
Boundary House, Cricket Field Rd
Uxbridge
UB8 1QG
England
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