Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-22
Buyer: Waltham Forest CCG
Country: UK
Region: Inner London - East
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1700000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Waltham Forest CCG Ophthalmology Community service incorporates diagnosis and management of glaucoma patients, management of stable long term conditions including diabetic retinopathy and Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) together with a Minor Eye Conditions (MECS) service which will be responsive in offering direct access (on the day) and routine appointments depending on eye condition. The value of the service over 4 years is a range from 1 500 000 GBP and 1 700 000 GBP.
Working with key stakeholders will be key to ensuring integrated service provision, and the provider will work alongside the local acute trust.
Ophthalmology is a speciality identified by the Department of Health (DH) as being suitable for the relocation of a large proportion of work from secondary to primary care under the ‘Shifting Care Closer to Home’ Policy.
The CCG currently commissions a community based Glaucoma service within its portfolio of planned care services. The CCG recognises the need to commission a Community Ophthalmology Service, in alignment with delivery of health services for the tri-closer to patients' homes and releasing capacity from secondary care, to focus on urgent and acute care.
The new community base ophthalmology clinical model will support the CCG to shift activity from an acute setting to the community.
The contract will be managed via a cost and volume payment mechanism. The envisaged contract term is for 3 years with a possibility of a 1 year extension.
Provider will be expected to offer the service in a minimum of 3 localities in the Borough of Waltham Forest, Leyton/Leytonstone, Walthamstow and Chingford.
The Services to which this requirement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the 2015 Public Contracts Regulations (the Regulations). Whilst the Regulations will apply to this procurement, the procurement procedure will be undertaken in accordance with Regulations 74 to 76 (inclusive) of Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations, which comprise the Cabinet Office's Light Touch Regime.
The Commissioner is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure that the Commissioner is following is as set out in the Invitation to Tender. The Process will be similar to Open Procedure process under the Regulations but, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commissioner is not running the Process as though the Open procedure under the Regulations applies and so reserves the right to depart from that procedure at any point. The procurement will be advertised via OJEU and Contract Finder.
Interested organisations must express their interest by registering on Pro-contract: https://www.supplying2nhs.com
Expressions of interests will be completed on submission of the Tender. The deadline for submitting a completed Tender is at 14:00 on 31.5.2016. Responses received after the deadline will not be considered.
Submission of the tenders will be via the Pro-Contract e-tendering system: https://www.supplying2nhs.com
Suppliers register, login, complete the tender response documentation electronically and submit them via the Pro-contract e-tendering portal.
Tenders received after the deadline may not be considered. It is anticipated that bidders will be invited to attend an interview/ presentation in week commencing 6.7.2016 but this is subject to confirmation.
Please note that any communication from NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this tender will be via Pro-contract discussion board. Bidders must use Pro-contract discussion board for their communications with NEL Commissioning Support or CCG regarding this procurement.


Award value: 1700000