Notice Information
Notice Title
NHS South Yorkshire ICB - Sight Testing in Special Education Settings
Notice Description
The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) set out a commitment to provide sight tests for children and young people with learning disabilities and autism in residential special educational settings (SES). <br/>While the NHS Long Term Plan commitment related specifically to children and young people in residential SES, NHS England - in conjunction with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) - announced on 19 June 2023 that the sight testing service will be extended to day schools. <br/><br/>This tender is to establish a sight testing service for Day schools.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) set out a commitment to provide sight tests for children and young people with learning disabilities and autism in residential special educational settings (SES).
While the NHS Long Term Plan commitment related specifically to children and young people in residential SES, NHS England - in conjunction with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) - announced on 19 June 2023 that the sight testing service will be extended to day schools.
This tender is to establish a sight testing service for Day schools. Additional information: Please note. The total estimated value quoted above is based on the budgeted cost of PS287,000 per annum. The total estimated cost is for the full 5 year potential contract.
Renewal: Option to extend for a further 24 month period
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0604ca
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002725-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85160000 - Optician services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,435,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,435,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jan 20266 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Feb 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS SOUTH YORKSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Neill Scott
- Contact Email
- syicb.procurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 3FG
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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