NHSE987 - Eye Testing in Special Education Settings in North West

Location

Merseyside

Description

This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process. North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB (the Relevant Authorities) who have undertaken a competition process to provide Eye Testing Services in Special Education Settings (SES) in the North West. Contract Start Date: 01 September 2026 Contract End Date: 31 August 2029 The contract term is for a period of 3 years.

Lot Division

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85160000 - Optician services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The Relevant Authority assessed the five key criteria against the service requirements and determined the relative importance of each, as outlined above and detailed within the provider response documentation. The contract award criteria are specified in the provider response documents. 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 Procurement Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 22 July 2026. Any representations should be sent via the Atamis messaging portal and via email to necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net. The individuals making the award decision are: • NHS Greater Manchester ICB Governance Board • NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB Governance Board • NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB Governance Board • Primary Care Contracts Officer • Senior Delivery Assurance Manager • Delivery Assurance Senior Officer - Medical and Optometry • Primary Care Business Partner • Primary Care Manager • Clinical Advisor Professional Standards • Optometric Advisor • Associate Director Of Primary Care • Delivery Assurance Manager (Medical & Optometry) • Senior Contracts Manager - Primary Care Portfolio • Senior Quality Assurance Lead • Head of Quality & Safety Improvement There were no declared of potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision. Conflicts of interest were completed by all involved in the process and no potential conflicts were identified. The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information. The Relevant Authority considered the five key criteria against the service requirements and determined the relative importance of each, as outlined below and detailed within in the provider response documentation: Quality and Innovation - 40 Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 10 Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 30 Social Value - 10 Value (Price) - 10 The successful providers were selected based on offering the most advantageous Provider response by scoring the highest combined score for quality (key criteria) and finance, evaluated against the published evaluation criteria as detailed within the provider response documentation. As a result, they are the recommended providers and have been awarded the contract, subject to final agreement.