Published date: 19 September 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Community Opthalmology Service
Published date
19 September 2017
Closing date
6 October 2017
Contract start date
1 April 2018
Contract end date
31 March 2021
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
North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs commission health services for around 503,000 residents and are inviting expressions of interest from providers to deliver a consultant led Tier 3 Ophthalmology Service which will incorporate triage, see and treat, diagnose and manage eye conditions. This will serve as an alternative to hospital based treatment for the majority of patients being referred by GPs for Ophthalmology services. The service will offer local, accessible, high quality care that would allow for appropriate signposting. The service will integrate with local GPs, Optometrists and Acute Specialist Services and should also have full responsibility for all operational management, administrative, staffing and training requirements and all associated costs.
In summary, the CCGs wish to procure the following:
High quality, confidential 'one-stop-shop' Ophthalmology services which are clinically appropriate to be managed in a primary care setting.
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest as stated below.
Organisations wishing to express an interest and provide additional procurement-specific information should
provide the following details by email to olena.florek@nhs.net and Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Friday 6th October
2017. The following information must be stated in the email: organisation name and address, contact
name, telephone number, email address, website address, organisation type.
Organisations should also confirm their registration on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo Portal
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. If not registered, organisations should follow the link and register on the portal.
More information
Additional text
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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 are following is set out in the MOI and PQQ. 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. Right to Cancel: The contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or
any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this
Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The
contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on
transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any
resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise for another NHS
body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. 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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Address
Grove Road, Fenton
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
England
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