--- title: "NHSE1096 - Diabetic Eye Screening Programme - RFI" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND (NORTH WEST)" published: "2026-01-06" --- # NHSE1096 - Diabetic Eye Screening Programme - RFI Buyer: NHS ENGLAND (NORTH WEST) Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ffb9.json) ## Summary The NHS England North West is conducting a market engagement exercise in the health services industry, titled "NHSE1096 - Diabetic Eye Screening Programme - RFI" under the planning stage. North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is managing this effort on behalf of NHS England North West. The scope of the programme covers the areas of Cheshire and Merseyside, East Cheshire, West Cheshire & Warrington, Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley, West Lancashire, Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool. The RFI documentation becomes accessible at 12:00 noon on 6 January 2026, with a submission deadline of 12:00 noon on 23 January 2026. The procurement initiative is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, bypassing typical Public Contracts Regulations 2015, with the possibility of involving issues related to staff transfers in any future procurement. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in diabetic eye screening and related health services. Companies capable of providing high-quality screening services over multiple regions in North West England could benefit from exposure and potential future contracts with NHS England. Although this RFI is focused on market engagement rather than open competition, it allows businesses to understand future involvement possibilities and strategically prepare for upcoming tenders. Companies with expertise in health services, particularly those with the capability to serve large, diverse geographic areas, will likely find this opportunity well-suited for their growth ambitions. ## Notice North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme service in the following areas: Lot 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside Lot 2 - Cheshire (East Cheshire, West Cheshire & Warrington) Lot 3 - Merseyside (Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley & West Lancashire) Lot 4 - Lancashire - incl Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool The Relevant Authority is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of any future 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 process. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access and return the RFI documentation. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should you have any queries, or have problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by email: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035. Please look for NHSE1096 - RFI - North West Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (Contract Ref: C401067). The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on Tuesday 06 January 2026 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on Friday 23 January 2026. Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services, however the Relevant Authority does not hold any TUPE information at present. ### Lot Information Lot 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme service in the following areas: Lot 1 - Cheshire and Merseyside The Relevant Authority is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of any future 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 process. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access and return the RFI documentation. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should you have any queries, or have problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by email: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035. Please look for NHSE1096 - RFI - North West Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (Contract Ref: C401067). The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on Tuesday 06 January 2026 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on Friday 23 January 2026. Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services, however the Relevant Authority does not hold any TUPE information at present. Lot 2 - Cheshire (East Cheshire, West Cheshire & Warrington) North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme service in the following areas: Lot 2 - Cheshire (East Cheshire, West Cheshire & Warrington) The Relevant Authority is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of any future 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 process. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access and return the RFI documentation. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should you have any queries, or have problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by email: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035. Please look for NHSE1096 - RFI - North West Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (Contract Ref: C401067). The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on Tuesday 06 January 2026 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on Friday 23 January 2026. Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services, however the Relevant Authority does not hold any TUPE information at present. Lot 3 - Merseyside (Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley & West Lancashire) North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme service in the following areas: Lot 3 - Merseyside (Liverpool, Halton, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley & West Lancashire). The Relevant Authority is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of any future 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 process. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access and return the RFI documentation. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should you have any queries, or have problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by email: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035. Please look for NHSE1096 - RFI - North West Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (Contract Ref: C401067). The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on Tuesday 06 January 2026 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on Friday 23 January 2026. Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services, however the Relevant Authority does not hold any TUPE information at present. Lot 4 - Lancashire - incl Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation hosted by NHS England and is working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme service in the following areas: Lot 4 - Lancashire - incl Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. The Relevant Authority is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of any future 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 process. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process, nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access and return the RFI documentation. You can register here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) It is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day. Should you have any queries, or have problems registering on the portal, you should contact the e-Tendering provider by email: Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035. Please look for NHSE1096 - RFI - North West Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (Contract Ref: C401067). The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on Tuesday 06 January 2026 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on Friday 23 January 2026. Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services, however the Relevant Authority does not hold any TUPE information at present. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000501-2026 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Jan 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2026 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND (NORTH WEST) | | Locality | LIVERPOOL | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L3 4BL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool | | Local authority | Liverpool | | Electoral ward | Festival Gardens | | Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 6 Jan 2026 at 08:32 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000501-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-west/ - https://www.necsu.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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