PMCV 025 - School Vision Screening Service

Concepts

• health services
• shrewsbury
• abnormal vision system development
• other screening programmes
• poorer vision
• reduced vision
• impaired vision
• school
• screening
• permanent visual impairment

Location

Shropshire CC

Description

The primary aim of the Services is to identify children aged 4 to 5 years with reduced vision in one eye, enabling timely intervention which gives these children a chance at achieving their full visual potential. The Services will also identify children with impaired sight in both eyes, children with poorer vision in both eyes are usually identified in infancy through other screening programmes (the Neonatal Infant Physical Examination and the Retinopathy of Prematurity screening programmes), or are detected through their symptoms. The screening for reduced vision in children aged 4 to 5 years is primarily undertaken to detect individuals with amblyopia, which literally means ‘blunted sight’ but is a form of abnormal vision system development. It is commonly defined as impaired vision that is not attributable to a structural abnormality of the eye. Early detection of amblyopia is necessary to avoid permanent visual impairment by allowing treatment to be undertaken within the sensitive period of neuroplasticity (growth and change) in the visual system. We intend to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The Contract will be for 3 year period from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2027.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This is the Provider Selection Regime intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the decision makers by midnight 15 July 2024. This contract has not yet been formally awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

This is the Provider Selection Regime intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the decision makers by midnight on the 15 July 2024 (to the Procurement Team Shropshire Council by email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk). The award decisions makers are Public Health Services, Shropshire Council. This contract has not yet been formally awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=861822876 GO Reference: GO-202475-PRO-26814842