Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
Wellington Civic Offices, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington
Telford
TF1 1LX
Contact
Emma Hardman
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG22 - Shropshire CC
NHS Organisation Data Service
QOC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.shropshiretelfordandwrekin.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
https://health-family.force.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
Optometry First Services for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
Reference number
WHISP-304
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
**ABANDONMENT NOTICE**
The commissioners have made the decision to terminate this Optometry First procurement effective immediately.
The reason for doing this is that an incorrect version of Annex 2 Service Specification was uploaded to the Atamis system in error.
We plan to re-open this procurement shortly with the correct Annex 2 Service Specification. Potential bidders will also be notified via the Atamis portal.
A Find a Tender Service will be republished when procurement is relaunched.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG21 - Telford and Wrekin
- UKG22 - Shropshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
**ABANDONMENT NOTICE**
This Invitation to Tender provides information pertaining to the procurement of Optometry First Services.
The purpose of this procurement is to secure a Service Provider to deliver Optometry First Services across the geographical area covered by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board. The ICB has chosen to follow the Competitive process for this opportunity in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Healthcare Services Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations 2023.
The aim of the community optometry first service is centred around the vision of providing timely, safe, effective, and sustainable integrated eye care services for patients at the right time, in the right location, by the right clinician with an enhanced skillset to deliver care in a community setting.
The service will utilise the knowledge and skills of primary care ophthalmic practitioners to deliver a specialist primary care optometry service where service users will be managed and monitored, where appropriate within the service, in line with the scope and acceptance criteria of each pathway.
The Optometry First Service will deliver a suite of agreed pathways in primary care optometry. Service users will be referred into the service through several routes via STW Referral Management Centre (currently RAS/TRAQS) from GPs, Optometrists, Ophthalmology services, A&E and other urgent eyecare routes. Service users can also self-present or be signposted to the CUES pathway from other routes such as pharmacy and 111. Eye Care emergencies continue to be dealt with in the A&E and Urgent Eye Clinic.
Optometry First Service Pathways include:
• Cataract referral filtering and post-op assessment
• Glaucoma Enhanced Case Finding (ECF), Repeat Readings (RR) and low-risk monitoring
• Medical Retina referral filtering and low risk monitoring
• Community minor and urgent eyecare service (CUES)
• Children's integrated eye care service
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking to award one contract and commission a Lead Provider or Consortium to deliver Optometry First Services in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin for a period of 3-years with an optional up to 2-year extension available. The Contract will commence on the 1st April 2025.
The ICB has set an affordability threshold for the Procurement and will not to consider Bids that are unaffordable and above the affordability envelope of the project. The ICB may seek clarification on bids that are unusually low. Following clarification, it will reserve the right to not consider Bids that are unusually low. The affordability threshold per annum is £1,484,113 and for the 5 years of the contract (including 2 year optional extension) the affordability threshold is £7,420,565. Compliance with the affordability threshold will be assessed at Selection Questionnaire Stage.
Please note: activity figures provided within Annex 5 are estimates only and no guarantees are made as to future service demand.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents / Weighting: 100
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-036292
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Optometry First Services
A contract/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
Wellington Civic Offices, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington
Telford
TF1 1LX
Country
United Kingdom