Community Audiology - Coventry and Warwickshire ICB

Location

Warwick

Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (CSU), on behalf of NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board, intend to award zero volume, zero value contract(s) for the provision of a Community Adult Hearing Service across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service is for adults who are patients registered with a Coventry and Warwickshire ICB Place GP aged 55 or over.As a result of this Competitive Process, the ICB intends to award a zero volume, zero value contract to all providers who achieved the 60.00% Key Criteria threshold set by the Commissioners. A contract will be awarded to each successful Provider for a period of 3 years (1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029). The Commissioners may opt to extend the contract term by a further 2 years (1st April 2029 to 31st March 2031). This is an existing service. The new service will be delivered by existing and new providers. It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have an annual value of £3,496,867 per annum based on activity of 37,445 procedures/annum. The total expected contract value for the 3 years plus 2 year extension is £17,484,337. Each contract is cost and volume, there is no guaranteed income level.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85121240 - ENT or audiologist services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

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 the relevant authority by midnight 19th March 2026. Any representations should be sent to michael.barlow1@nhs.net The contract(s) have not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award contract(s) under the competitive process of the PSR.The award decision-makers are the NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board. The decision to award the contract was made by the NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board's Procurement Panel. There were no declared of potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision.The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information.The Key Criteria Questions were evaluated as scored sub-weighted questions, as follows:Quality and Innovation - 23.00%Value - 15.00%Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 26.00%Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice - 24.00%Social Value - 12.00%Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited; Scrivens Limited; Audiological Science Ltd; DMC Healthcare Ltd; LATUS GROUP (UK) LTD; Her Health Partnerships Ltd; James Hearing Ltd; Community Health and Eyecare Ltd; Modality LLP; South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; and Jacob and Joe, each achieved an aggregate score in excess of the 60.00% Key Criteria threshold set by the Commissioners. Therefore, the Commissioners intend to award a zero volume, zero value contract to each provider (subject to agreement). Each contract is cost and volume, there is no guaranteed income level.