--- title: "Contract Notice for Diabetic Eye Screening Programme related Procurement for Essex and East Anglia region" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2016-11-18" --- # Contract Notice for Diabetic Eye Screening Programme related Procurement for Essex and East Anglia region Buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0bf7d9d-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b.json) ## Summary The NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AG CSU) has initiated a procurement process titled "Contract Notice for Diabetic Eye Screening Programme related Procurement for Essex and East Anglia region." This contracting opportunity pertains to healthcare services under the industry category of Health and social work services. The contract duration is set for five years, with the potential for a two-year extension, aiming for providers to commence service delivery by 1 April 2016. The procurement method chosen is the Open Procedure under OJEU (Part B) Service Contract, with a tender submission deadline of 28 August 2015. The estimated contract values are approximately £1.88 million per annum for Essex and £2.10 million per annum for East Anglia. This procurement presents an excellent opportunity for businesses within the healthcare sector, particularly those specialising in diabetic care, eye screening services, and innovative health solutions. Companies that are well-suited to participate include third sector organisations, social enterprises, and healthcare service providers looking to form strategic alliances or consortia. By delivering an outcome-based service and fulfilling the needs of diabetic patients in Essex and East Anglia, interested parties can expect to engage in a lucrative long-term contract with a significant operational impact on community health. ## Notice Duration of the contract: 5 years (+ 2 years possible extension subject to annual reviews) Description of the procurement opportunity: Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AG CSU), acting on behalf of the NHS England Midlands and East (The commissioners) invites bids from suitably qualified and experienced healthcare service providers including third sector organisations, social enterprise and other providers to provide Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) to Essex and East Anglia registered patients. NHS England Midlands and East (East) will be the contracting and commissioning authority for DESP. For ease of governance, the commissioners have split the geographic area served by them into 2 regions listed below and are looking to appoint a DESP service provider for each of these regions. 1. Essex 2. East Anglia (covering Suffolk, parts of East Cambridgeshire, parts of South and East Norfolk, Peterborough and majority of Cambridgeshire) The service provision will cater all ages suffering with diabetes and fulfil their need for regular eye screening. The current contracts for the DESP services will end on 31 March 2016 and as a result the successful provider is expected to be fully operational, providing services from 01 April 2016. Based on the current contract it is anticipated that the value of the contract will be as below#: 1. Essex - circa PS1.880 million per annum 2. East Anglia - circa PS2.102 million per annum For this service provision AG CSU would like to encourage innovative solutions including consortia, strategic alliances and sub-contracts which will deliver value for money and improved services to patients. The service provider will be required to deliver an outcome based service. The procurement tender relating to this contract notice will be administered / conducted via the AG CSU's e-Tendering portal known as Bravo solutions. Providers wishing to bid for this opportunity must register with AG CSU's e-Tendering portal by visiting following web link: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html (from middle of Aug 15 onwards this web link will be renamed to https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk) and submit their bids there. Full details regarding this procurement opportunity will be available there. Once registered, providers must submit their bids by taking following steps: 1. Log in within the portal with the username/password, 2. Click on 'View Current Opportunities' sections. 3. Find appropriate project and click on it 4. Follow further instructions provided there It is expected that the procurement opportunity will be advertised around 31 Jul 15. Type of procurement procedure: The procurement will be conducted as on OJEU (Part B) Service Contract using the Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. For further information please look at the document attached with this notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af8ab0ed-3a8b-4d3d-bf66-f89f3cdff3fc | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Nov 2016 | | Submission deadline | 28 Aug 2015 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2016 - 31 Mar 2021 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £3,982,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | DERBY | | Post town | Derby | | Postcode | DE1 3QT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby | | Local authority | Derby | | Electoral ward | Darley | | Westminster constituency | Derby North | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 18 Nov 2016 at 20:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af8ab0ed-3a8b-4d3d-bf66-f89f3cdff3fc ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/af8ab0ed-3a8b-4d3d-bf66-f89f3cdff3fc 30th July 2015 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b1aaca34-2a9a-41cf-8ec1-97e3622e79d3 Contract notice - Further information ## Notice URLs - https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk - https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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