Published date: 11 April 2023

Last edited date: 28 April 2023

This notice was replaced on 12 July 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 15 October 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£126,381,066

Procurement reference

PRJ1238

Published date

11 April 2023

Approach to market date

30 May 2023

Contract start date

1 July 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2031

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 is a prior information notice of an upcoming procurement process for London Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) procurement. The NHS England London, Public Health Screening team, are currently preparing for the undertaking of the DESP re procurement 2023/24. The aim of the DESP is to reduce the risk of sight loss among people living with diabetes.

Commissioners are seeking feedback from interested organisations in the form of completed Market Engagement Questionnaires (MEQ).

The five intended lots are:
- North West London (NWL)
- North Central London (NCL)
- North East London (NEL)
- South East London (SEL)
- South West London (SWL)

People living with diabetes aged 12 and over are invited at least annually for routine retinal screening and more frequently for enhanced surveillance where required. Across London the DESP services are delivered from community clinics and health centres as near as possible to patients' home and/or GP. Delivery of the programme includes identification of those registered with GP with a diagnosis of diabetes via data extraction (via GP2DRS), invitation and provision of retinal screening, ongoing management of surveillance, onward referral pathways with screen detected of those who may require urgent or routine assessment and treatment.

The scope and delivery of the service is detailed in the DESP National Service Specification No 22 (NHS public health functions agreement 2019-20 (england.nhs.uk). In London, five provider organisations are commissioned by NHS England (NHSE) to deliver Diabetic Eye Screening to a population of approximately 500,000 people living with diabetes.

Interested organisation must express an interest via the Pro-contract e-tendering portal. Bidders need to register on Pro-contract if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link.

https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

Once registered, you can express an interest in this project by clicking the following link to this specific project:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=33cc878b-e3c3-ed11-8120-005056b64545

Please note that any expressions of interest by any other means will not be considered.

Please note this expression of interest is only for Market Engagement Questionnaire. You will need to Express an Interest again once the procurement is live.

Once you navigate to the project area you can access the Market Engagement materials provided in the messaging facility (a link to a questionnaire via MS Forms). Interested organisations are requested to complete and submit a copy of the Market Engagement Questionnaire through the MS Form no later than Thursday 11 May 2023 at 12.00 (noon).

Important - The commissioners would like to receive feedback from interested bidders on the specification. Please see 'Links' section for further information.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2024/2025 £18,054,438
2025/2026 £18,054,438
2026/2027 £18,054,438
2027/2028 £18,054,438
2029/2030 £18,054,438
2030/2031 £18,054,438
2031/2032 £18,054,438

Links

  • https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=33cc878b-e3c3-ed11-8120-005056b64545
  • Market studies
  • Important - The commissioners would like to receive feedback from interested bidders on the specification. In order to facilitate this, we present the opportunity for interested bidders to attend a 1-1 feedback session with the commissioners via MS Teams.
    These virtual feedback sessions will be taking place on the following dates:
    Tuesday 09 May 2023
    Wednesday 10 May 2023
    Thursday 11 May 2023
    Friday 12 May 2023
    Further information in regards to this has been provided on the ProContract's messaging facility, you will need to express an interest in this project by clicking the following link to this specific project and then navigate to the messaging facility:
    https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=33cc878b-e3c3-ed11-8120-005056b64545
    Interested bidders will need to let us know via the ProContract messaging facility by no later than Friday 05 May 2023, 12 noon if you would like to attend a session.

Additional text

Please see below the full details of the five lots:

Lot 1 - North West London (NWL) - Boroughs included - Hillingdon, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster, Ealing, Hounslow, Brent and Harrow
Lot 1 -
Estimated maximum annual value - £4,889,670
Estimated maximum total value for the full 7-years: £34,227,690

Lot 2 - North Central London (NCL) - Boroughs included - Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Islington and Camden
Lot 2 -
Estimated maximum annual value - £3,162,020
Estimated maximum total value for the full 7-years: £22,134,140

Lot 3 - North East London (NEL) - Boroughs included - The City and Hackney, Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge
Lot 3 -
Estimated maximum annual value - £4,701,140
Estimated maximum total value for the full 7-years: £32,907,980

Lot 4 - South East London (SEL) - Boroughs included - Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich
Lot 4 -
Estimated maximum annual value - £2,943,411
Estimated maximum total value for the full 7-years: £20,603,877

Lot 5 - South West London (SWL) Boroughs included - Sutton and Merton, Wandsworth, Richmond and Twickenham, Croydon and Kingston
Lot 5 -
Estimated maximum annual value - £2,358,197
Estimated maximum total value for the full 7-years: £16,507,379

The service specifications, contract values and contract durations stipulated are all in draft and are being developed at the time of publication of this PIN. Feedback from this MEQ exercise will be considered by the commissioners before the service specification and other contract parameters are finalised for the next stage of the process.

Any communications or clarification questions about this contract opportunity must be submitted be via the messaging facility for this project on ProContract e-tendering portal.

This Market Engagement process is being managed by the NHS London Commercial Hub (hosted by NHS North East London) on behalf of NHS England in connection with a process under Regulation 75 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The services to which this Procurement relates fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. No indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.

About the buyer

Contact name

Khadijah Yasmin

Address

4th Floor - Unex Tower
LONDON
E15 1DA
United Kingdom

Email

Khadijah.yasmin@nhs.net