Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-07
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU on behalf of NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33730000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85160000: Optician services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group jointly wish to invite prospective providers to express their interest for the provision of Optometry Services.
This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement for Optometry Services. The purpose of this procurement is 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 2 000 000 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:
— improve eye health and reduce inequalities by providing increased access to eye care in the community,
— utilise the knowledge and skills of primary care optometrists to manage and prioritise the care of the service user and ensure referrals are appropriate and timely,
— reduce the number of visits to hospital eye services and reduce the likely waiting time for the service user,
— ensure more accurate referral information is made available if a referral to hospital eye services is required,
— develop relationships between ophthalmic practitioners, Hospital Eye Services and the Clinical Commissioning Groups,
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.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

Award value: 2000000