CMT- 1214 - North Staffordshire Community Eyecare Service

Concepts

• optician services
• stafford
• community urgent eyecare and paediatric shared care
• the ns community eyecare service
• operative follow up service
• scheme, community urgent eyecare and paediatric shared
• cmt- 1214 - north staffordshire community eyecare service
• the services
• eyecare
• community

Location

Stafford

Description

The NS Community Eyecare Service provides Enhanced Cataract Referral & post operative follow up service, Glaucoma referral refinement Scheme, Community Urgent Eyecare and Paediatric Shared care. Services are delivered through optometry practices across the ICB. This is a cost and volume contract. The contract value, based on indicative activity is £714,024.

Total Quantity or Scope

Description of the services to be provided: The NS Community Eyecare Service provides Enhanced Cataract Referral & post operative follow up service, Glaucoma referral refinement Scheme, Community Urgent Eyecare and Paediatric Shared care. Services are delivered through optometry practices across the ICB. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £714,024 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 17/10/2024 to 30/09/2025.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85160000 - Optician services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 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 relevant authority by 16th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 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 decision makers by 16th October 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Email address where written representations should be sent: governance@staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk Details of the award decision-makers: NHS SSOT ICB Finance and Planning Committee 3rd of September 2024 Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: The PCCD MDT and POG agreement and approval processes seek to identify any Conflicts of Interest and, if declared, these are documented and managed according to SSOT ICB policy. Persons with known or declared Conflicts of Interest would be excluded from the decision-making process. In this case, no conflicts were declared by any members of the ICB's Finance and Performance Committee. Relative importance and rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: The continuation of existing services in 2024/25 will maintain capacity and reduced demand on primary and secondary care. The proposed contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract. The ICB Quality & Finance teams undertook these checks are recorded on the ICB's DMR Tracker