Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-23
Buyer: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1673020 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) seeks to commission an Integrated Urgent Eye Care and Referral Refinement Service within Oxfordshire. The service will offer same-day appointments, triage, diagnosis and treatment for minor eye conditions relating to flashes and floaters, visual disturbance, red eye and lid swelling and will be made available in at least 6 locations within the region. The Referral Refinement element will offer repeat IOP pressure readings, visual testing for query glaucoma referrals and colour fundus photography for a small number of referrals from ophthalmologists. A full description of the outline service requirements can be found on our e-procurement portal. Contract term: three years plus optional extension of 2 years. Commencement date: 1 September 2018. Contract value:£334,604 pa. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the commissioners.
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) is seeking expressions of interest for an Integrated Urgent Eye Care and Referral Refinement Service within Oxfordshire. The Urgent Eye Care element is to offer same-day appointments (where required), triage, diagnosis and treatment for minor eye conditions relating to flashes and floaters, visual disturbance, red eye and lid swelling who have had symptoms in the last 6 weeks and are over 6 years of age. The service will be made available in at least 6 locations, with at least 1 in each Oxfordshire locality (North, North East, West, City, South East and South West). Locations must be geographically convenient and easily accessible via public transport and patients’ own transport, for example Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Witney, Abingdon and Wallingford. The Referral Refinement element will offer repeat IOP pressure readings, visual field testing for query glaucoma referrals. It will also offer colour fundus photography for a small number of referrals from ophthalmologists triaging referrals. The contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years and will likely commence on the 1 September 2018. The contract will have a total contract value of £334,604 per annum and is intended to operate on activity-based payments. Expressions of interest will be accepted from either a consortium, a lead provider with sub-contractors or individual organisations. Expressions of interest, including completed ITT responses must be received by 12 noon on 26.2.2018. Further information regarding this requirement, including a copy of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) can be found on our e-procurement portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the "current tenders" list on the e-procurement portal (In-tend) https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
In order to submit a bid, you will need to register on the e-procurement portal and "express an interest" and then complete all necessary questions as specified within the documents. On registration, please include at least 2 contacts to allow for access to the portal in times of absence. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). 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 Regulations. Unsuccessful bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations.
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.


Award value: 1673020