Published date: 4 September 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 4 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_179396/699599

Published date

4 September 2018

Closing date

4 October 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

1 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for Optometry Services. The purpose of this procurement is to secure a Service Provider to deliver Optometry Services to the county of Shropshire (comprising 2 CCGs).

- Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group ( http://www.shropshireccg.nhs.uk )
- Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group ( http://www.telfordccg.nhs.uk )

The UK Vision Strategy 2013-2018, promotes collaboration, co-ordination and integration of the local eye care system between primary, secondary and social care and offers service users a wide choice of geographical locations across the whole county of Shropshire.
According to "UK Vision Strategy" sight loss is now a major health issue, affecting about two million people in the UK. The vast majority are older people, although an estimated 80,000 working age people and 25,000 children in the UK are affected by sight problems (Keil S. Key statistics. RNIB, 2008).

The objective of this procurement is to procure a service to oversee the delivery of the following optometry schemes within primary care:
- Minor Eye Care Service (MECS)
- Cataract Referral Refinement
- Post-operative cataract follow up
- Glaucoma Repeat Measures
- Children's eye care Scheme

The service aims to:
- Improve eye health and reduce inequalities by providing increased access to eye care in the community.
- Utilise the knowledge and skills of primary care optometrists to manage and prioritise the care of the service user and ensure referrals are appropriate and timely
- Reduce the number of visits to hospital eye services and reduce the likely waiting time for the service user
- Ensure more accurate referral information is made available if a referral to hospital eye services is required
- Signpost to other appropriate services
- Streamline referral processes
- Streamline service user pathways
- Improve service user experience and choice by utilising optometry practices
- Develop relationships between ophthalmic practitioners, Hospital Eye Services and the Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Improve eye health in line with the UK Vision Strategy
- Meet agreed waiting times for each scheme
- Assist service users / carers to self-care, providing education and care planning where required
- Deliver care closer to home

The CCG's are looking to appoint a Service Provider or Consortium to deliver this Service for a period of 3 Years with an optional 2 Years extension available.

The successful Provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.

More information

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Additional text

If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet.
Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for
another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.
This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at:
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.
ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.
Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement 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 authorities are only bound by those parts of the
Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are
not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities
are following is set out in the MOI. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health
Service(Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also
apply to this procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hayley Smith

Address

NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group, William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8XL
England

Email

h.smith27@nhs.net