--- title: "Community Ophthalmology Service (South Warwickshire CCG)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS" published: "2019-01-16" --- # Community Ophthalmology Service (South Warwickshire CCG) Buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f2e4ca1f-4be7-4078-9266-605ba9c10741.json) ## Summary The NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands is planning a tender for a Community Ophthalmology Service in South Warwickshire. This initiative is currently in the planning stage, with a market engagement event scheduled for 31st January 2019. Interested parties are invited to submit their feedback on the draft service specifications by 25th January 2019. The procurement involves health services, specifically focused on enhancing community-based eye care for patients registered with local GPs in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE), to engage in the health services sector. Companies offering ophthalmology services, clinical skill training, or health technology solutions would be particularly well-positioned to compete. The market engagement event will provide valuable insights into the commissioning process and the specific expectations of the NHS, thus facilitating informed bids from potential contractors. ## Notice ***ADVERT IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY*** NHS South Warwickshire CCG wishes to undertake market engagement in relation to the commissioning of a Community Ophthalmology Service. The overall aims and objectives of this service are to: * To appropriately clinically triage referrals made to ophthalmology services and ensure that the patient is referred onto the appropriate service dependent upon their clinical symptoms, as described in the referral documentation. * Deliver community-based ophthalmology services for a defined range of eye problems. This will include ensuring accepting direct referrals following clinical triage via care pathways. * Providing targeted assessment and follow ups, and co-management of specific chronic eye conditions within the community against an agreed set of protocols. * To deliver high quality eye care to patients registered with south Warwickshire GPs. * To deliver improved value for money and cost effectiveness. * Improve eye health and reduce inequalities by providing improved access * Utilise knowledge and skills of primary care optometrists to manage and prioritise the care of the service user and ensure referrals are appropriate and timely. * Reduce the number of visits to hospital eye services (HES) and reduce service user waiting times. * Streamline pathways and referral processes. The market engagement will include two elements: 1. - The request for market feedback in relation to the following areas: o Clinical skill mix; o Conditions included within tiers 2, 3 and 4. 2. - A market engagement event. Providers are therefore asked to review the draft specification and other information provided (made available within this notice) and complete the questionnaire which can be found via Eventbrite by following this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ophthalmology-services-market-engagement-tickets-54403715979. It is requested that feedback is submitted by 5.00pm on Friday 25th January 2019 in order to allow for the summary and feedback of this information at the market engagement event. Registration for the market engagement event will also be facilitated via Eventbrite using the same link as above. The market engagement event will look to provide information on the services and summarise feedback from the submitted market questionnaires. The event will also include the opportunity for organisations to raise questions with Commissioners regarding the service. The event will also offer the opportunity for interested parties to be briefed on the proposed procurement vehicle along with an opportunity to gain insight into what is expected from them in preparing a tender. The market engagement event will be held on 31st January 2019. Details of the venue can be found when booking a place at the event via Eventbrite by the above link. All information made available as part of this market engagement is draft and subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea65fc8d-6305-4ec5-8141-829c93b48317 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Jan 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Jan 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS | | Locality | WEST BROMWICH | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B70 9LD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell | | Local authority | Sandwell | | Electoral ward | West Bromwich Central | | Westminster constituency | West Bromwich | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 16 Jan 2019 at 16:20 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea65fc8d-6305-4ec5-8141-829c93b48317 - 15 Jan 2019 at 09:54 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea65fc8d-6305-4ec5-8141-829c93b48317 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea65fc8d-6305-4ec5-8141-829c93b48317 16th January 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/61f32d5f-b94a-49f8-93e5-c82892045001 Draft Service Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/52353d59-2ac7-4fb1-b0e5-f21dd76bc776 Indicative Service Activity (Draft) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ophthalmology-services-market-engagement-south-warwickshire-ccg-tickets-54403715979 Eventbrite - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a38fdb34-8832-49c2-b043-4748e0b56479 Service Specification ## Notice URLs - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ophthalmology-services-market-engagement-tickets-54403715979 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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