Opportunity

Eye Care Single Point of Access for East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Halton, Knowsley and St Helens Places

  • NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-010070

Published 27 March 2024, 2:23pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board

No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Email

mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD61 - Warrington

NHS Organisation Data Service

OYG

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.cheshireandmerseysideicb.nhs.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome

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

Eye Care Single Point of Access for East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Halton, Knowsley and St Helens Places

Reference number

WHISP-263

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85121281 - Ophthalmologist services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working with NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (C&M ICB) to appoint a supplier to provide an Eye Care Single Point of Access in Cheshire and Merseyside covering East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Knowsley, Halton and St Helens Places.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £200,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD62 - Cheshire East
  • UKD63 - Cheshire West and Chester
  • UKD71 - East Merseyside
Main site or place of performance

ICB Places of: East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Knowsley, Halton and St Helens

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Midlands and Lancashire CSU is working with NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (C&M ICB) to appoint a supplier to provide an Eye Care Single Point of Access in Cheshire and Merseyside covering East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Knowsley, Halton and St Helens Places.

This is a pilot service and will run for an initial 6-month period from 1st July 2024 with the option to extend for a further maximum period of 6 months.

The ICB will remunerate the provider of this service on a cost per case basis and has used the activity data detailed in the Service Specification (available to any bidder via:

https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome)

as an estimate of the number of patients that is likely to use the Single Point of Access during the initial 6-month period. Bidders are requested to note that the financial envelope that has been set aside for this contract is approximately £100,000 for the initial 6-month period based on the expected activity levels listed in the Service Specification. Should the activity be higher than the anticipated levels listed in the Service Specification, then the provider will receive increased revenue based on their cost per case quotation response. The ICB has a further maximum budget of £100,000 available and this will be utilised to fund the extra activity levels within the initial six-month period and/or fund an additional contract period of a maximum of 6 months at the sole discretion of the Contracting Authority.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £200,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

12

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

There will be an initial contract period of 6 months with the option for the ICB to extend for a further maximum period of 6 months.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

12 April 2024

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

12 April 2024

Local time

1:00pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

This procurement is being carried out in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation available via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome, and in this Find a Tender contract notice advertisement.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB

No 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park

Warrington

WA1 1QY

Email

enquiries@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

www.cheshireandmerseysideicb.nhs.uk