Published date: 23 March 2023
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£1,598,000
Procurement reference
tender_300450/1192589
Published date
23 March 2023
Closing date
14 October 2022
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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?
No
Description
This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Consultant-Led Community Ophthalmology Service in Worcestershire for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
The overall aim of the service is to provide a safe, flexible and efficient community-based Ophthalmology Service for patients aged 16 years and over who are registered with a GP Practice within the County of Worcestershire, UK. For clarity, other commissioned service arrangements are in place for people who are registered with a GP Practice within the County of Herefordshire, ensuring that the local health population is appropriately managed.
The service is expected to operate a specialist-led model offering triage and treatment of patients who are referred into the service for Ophthalmology conditions that do not require treatment under the General Optometry Service criteria for Optometrists nor specialist intervention under the Hospital Eye Service. The service will also be required to accept and manage patients with stable ocular hypertension (glaucoma) following HES diagnosis and treatment, with pathways for escalation as required. Patients are expected to be referred into the service from health professionals, typically the patient's own GP, Optometrist or a secondary care consultant, where it is considered appropriate for those patients to be managed in the community. A senior clinician (MRC Ophth (part 3) and FRC Ophth (fellowship assessment) CCST) is expected to have overall responsibility for the clinical oversight of this proposed service at all times.
The Contract duration is 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12-month period. The Contract start date is the 1st April 2023. NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply. Payments will be in accordance with the local tariffs outlined in the tender process.
More information
Additional text
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Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for 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 followed was set out in the ITT.
As the ICB 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.
Award information
Awarded date
27 January 2023
Contract start date
1 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Total value of contract
£1,598,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Community Health and Eyecare
Address
1-6 Star Building, Caxton Road, Preston
Reference
No reference - other
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Hayley Smith
Address
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB, Kirkham House, John Comyn Drive, Perdiswell
Worcester
WR3 7NS
England
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