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This Notice is to notify the market of the Contract Award of Optometry Service by NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire CCG and NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG.
The purpose of the procurement was to secure a Service Provider to deliver Optometry Services to the county of Shropshire (comprising 2 CCGs).
The UK Vision Strategy 2013-2018, promotes collaboration, co-ordination and integration of the local eye care system between primary, secondary and social care and offers service users a wide choice of geographical locations across the whole county of Shropshire.
According to "UK Vision Strategy" sight loss is now a major health issue, affecting about two million people in the UK. The vast majority are older people, although an estimated 80,000 working age people and 25,000 children in the UK are affected by sight problems (Keil S. Key statistics. RNIB, 2008).
The objective of this procurement is to procure a service to oversee the delivery of the following optometry schemes within primary care:
The service aims to:
The CCG's are looking to appoint a Service Provider or Consortium to deliver this Service for a period of 3 Years with an optional 2 Years extension available.
The successful Provider will be required to sign the NHS Standard Contract for the service and accept all terms and conditions.
Additional information:
Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical 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. 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.
| Supplier | Identifier | Award Value | Cross-References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health and Eyecare Ltd | 07296068 | £1,900,000 | - |
Government spending data: This supplier has received £71,794 in 1 payments (over £25k) from NHS England (2023-10-31 to 2023-10-31). View full payment history →