Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-19
Buyer: Wokingham CCG
Country: UK
Region: Berkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85121281 | 85121300 | 85160000: Optician services | 85323000
Estimated value: 1518000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The NHS Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group Federation is seeking expressions of interest in a forthcoming tender for a new integrated Community and Surgical Ophthalmology Service within Berkshire West CCG areas, which includes Newbury and District CCG, North and West Reading CCG, South Reading CCG and Wokingham CCG.
NHS Berkshire West CCG Federation is looking for a high-quality, effective and timely advice, assessment, diagnosis and treatment ophthalmology service in a community setting. It will be cost-effective, meet all relevant clinical and quality standards (including NICE guidelines), ensuring only those patients requiring a hospital-based specialist service are referred on. It will also reduce the time taken for patients to move from ophthalmology referral to diagnosis and treatment, undertake specified ophthalmology surgical procedures in a community setting and be a more convenient service for the patient.
The Community Ophthalmology and Surgical Service will cover adult and child patients (under 16 for orthoptics only) who are registered with GPs in the Berkshire West CCG catchment area and will include:
b) Appointments to see patients for initial ophthalmology diagnosis, treatment (if required) and follow up consultation (if necessary);
The Provider will undertake selected procedures included within the following Health Resource Groups (HRGs):
The contract is expected to be for 3 years plus an optional extension of 2 years and will commence in April 2017. The annual contract value is expected to be in the region of 506 000 GBP per annum.
A PIN was published on Contracts Finder in June 2016 and this notice was to determine the procurement route for this service.
Interested parties must submit a compliant Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) if they wish to be further considered, which will evaluate the capacity, capability and experience of potential bidders. This will be used to short-list successful applicants to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage.
The procurement will be conducted through the commissioner's e-procurement system, In-Tend. More information on the next steps and the procurement process in general is provided within the PQQ documentation, available through In-Tend system.
If you are not yet registered on In-Tend, please visit: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Registration
The closing date for registering an expression of interest and returning completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) is 13:00 on 15.8.2016.
Parent Company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstance. Please see tender documents for further details.
The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2004/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Directive) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority (Open, Restricted, Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, Competitive Dialogue or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.
The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the 2015 Regulations. Unsuccessful tenderers will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.