Published date: 17 May 2023

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: 20 June 2023, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-1532900D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

17 May 2023

Closing date

20 June 2023

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2031

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands
Commissioning Support Unit on behalf
of NHS England - East of England (the
Commissioner) would like to notify the
market of an opportunity to provide a
Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
(DESP) across NHS England - East of England.



The aim of the Diabetic Eye Screening programme is to reduce the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes by the prompt identification and effective treatment, if necessary, of sight threatening diabetic retinopathy, at the appropriate stage during the disease process



The commissioners have structured the following lot approach

Lot 1 :Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes*

Lot 2: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Lot 3: Hertfordshire and West Essex

Lot 4: Mid and South Essex

Lot 5: Norfolk & Waveney

Lot 6: Suffolk & North East Essex


*Please note Milton Keyes falls under the delegated authority of NHS England - East of England.


The contract will be for a duration of 5
years with the option to extend for up to
a further 2 years.


Please note the deadline for ITT
submissions is 12:00PM on 20th June 2023


This Procurement has been advertised
in accordance with the requirements of
the Public Contracts Regulations
2015(as amended) (the "Regulations")
to the extent that the Regulations relate
to services within the scope of
Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other
Specific Services). The Commissioner
and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only
by those parts of the Regulations
applying to Schedule 3 services.
The Contracting Authority will be using
an eTendering system for this
procurement exercise. Further
information and the ITT documentation
can be found via the 'Live
Opportunities' list on the e-procurement
system at the following link:


https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome


You can also
register your interest via this page.
You can search for the opportunity by
entering the following contract
reference: C152820(Provision of
Diabetic Eye Screening across NHS England -East of England)
Neither the publication of this notice nor
the employment of any particular
terminology nor any other indication
shall be taken to mean that the
Contracting Authority intends to hold
itself bound by any of the Regulations.
Please see published procurement
documentation for further details.

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Martyna Migas

Address

Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
GB

Email

martyna.migas1@nhs.net