Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Kirkham House, John Comyn Drive, Perdiswell
Worcester
WR3 7NS
Contact
Hayley Smith
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG12 - Worcestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Buyer's address
https://herefordshireandworcestershire.icb.nhs.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Community Ophthalmology Service for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Reference number
HW-22-01
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Consultant-Led Community Ophthalmology Service in Worcestershire for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board. The Contract duration is 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12-month period.
Please note that the value shown in II.1.7 below is an indicative budget for the service for the total contract period which includes the optional extension period. Payments will be in accordance with local tariffs for the Consultant-Led Community Ophthalmology service provision.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,598,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
- RA11 - In ophthalmology
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
Main site or place of performance
The county of Worcestershire, UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Contract Award Notice is to inform the market of the successful award of the Consultant-Led Community Ophthalmology Service in Worcestershire for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
The overall aim of the service is to provide a safe, flexible and efficient community-based Ophthalmology Service for patients aged 16 years and over who are registered with a GP Practice within the County of Worcestershire, UK. For clarity, other commissioned service arrangements are in place for people who are registered with a GP Practice within the County of Herefordshire, ensuring that the local health population is appropriately managed.
The service is expected to operate a specialist-led model offering triage and treatment of patients who are referred into the service for Ophthalmology conditions that do not require treatment under the General Optometry Service criteria for Optometrists nor specialist intervention under the Hospital Eye Service. The service will also be required to accept and manage patients with stable ocular hypertension (glaucoma) following HES diagnosis and treatment, with pathways for escalation as required. Patients are expected to be referred into the service from health professionals, typically the patient's own GP, Optometrist or a secondary care consultant, where it is considered appropriate for those patients to be managed in the community. A senior clinician (MRC Ophth (part 3) and FRC Ophth (fellowship assessment) CCST) is expected to have overall responsibility for the clinical oversight of this proposed service at all times.
The Contract duration is 12 months with the option to extend for a further 12-month period. The Contract start date is 1st April 2023. NHS Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply. Payments will be in accordance with the local tariffs outlined in the tender process.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Service Delivery / Weighting: 30.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality & Governance / Weighting: 30.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Workforce / Weighting: 15.00%
Quality criterion - Name: IM&T / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Information Governance / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Equalities / Weighting: 5.00%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10.00%
Price - Weighting: 0.00%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-024979
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
HW-22-01
Title
Community Ophthalmology Service for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27 January 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Community Health and Eyecare
1-6 Star Building, Caxton Road
Preston
PR2 9BS
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD45 - Mid Lancashire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,598,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for 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 followed was set out in the ITT.
As the ICB 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.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Worcester
WR3 7NS
Country
United Kingdom