Published date: 9 March 2019

Last edited date: 9 March 2019

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: 17 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Optician services - 85160000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BIP336308827

Published date

9 March 2019

Closing date

17 September 2018

Contract start date

22 February 2019

Contract end date

21 February 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: V11.2
Instead of: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The Government has a commitment to increase skills levels within the UK workforce with an ambition of creating 30,000 new rail and road apprenticeships by 2020 in line with the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy. It has been identified that this contract can assist with the development of skills and delivery of 1 new apprenticeship for every £5 million of the total contract value.
Read: During the evaluation process DVLA recognised that we needed to be more explicit around our minimum requirements. We would like to confirm that the OJEU Procurement for the Provision of the Vision Services Contract PS/17/95 will be terminated as of 6.3.2019. DVLA plan to issue the new requirements via the Delta Portal week commencing the 5/3/2019.
Other additional information: During the evaluation process DVLA recognised that we needed to be more explicit around our minimum requirements. We would like to confirm that the OJEU Procurement for the Provision of the Vision Services Contract PS/17/95 will be terminated as of 6.3.2019. DVLA plan to issue the new requirements via the Delta Portal week commencing the 5/3/2019.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity testing service by qualified and trained opticians to assist DVLA in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence. The successful supplier must be capable of carrying out both Group 1 (Car & Motorcycle) and Group 2 (Lorry/Bus) Visual Field Standard Tests and be able to provide national coverage throughout Great Britain. Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums and sub-contracting with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to ensure delivery. Suppliers should indicate if they fall within a small (less than 50 employees) or medium (50 to 249 employees) enterprise category. DVLA encourages open, fair and transparent procurement and omission from any part of the Department's market engagement exercise shall not be taken into account in any subsequent procurement.

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Commercial Directorate, C2W,
Longview Road
Swansea
SA6 7JL
UK

Telephone

+441792782321

Email

cdms@dvla.gsi.gov.uk