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Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 233-424446/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Postal address: Charter House, Parkway
Town: Welwyn Garden City
Postal code: AL8 6JL
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Samuel Naxton, Senior Manager, Attain
Email: samuel.naxton@attain.co.uk
Nuts code: UKH23
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Community Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension (OHT) Service.

Reference number: ACE-0262-2016-E&NH
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is committed to improving local eye healthcare services across the East and North Hertfordshire area in line with its strategic ambitions that are included in the CCG’s 5-year Operational Plan to support/deliver against the NHS Constitution and the NHS 5 Year Forward View.
As part of this commitment, the CCG believe that specific eye conditions can be appropriately treated in a community setting, improving the accessibility of services to patients for these conditions and thereby reducing pressure on hospital eye care providers by ensuring that only those patients that meet the referral pathway criteria for hospital eye care are referred to these services.
As such East and North Hertfordshire CCG wish to commission a single Prime Provider offering Community Glaucoma and OHT services to suit the needs of the local population and integrated with hospital eye care providers to ensure seamless pathways of care.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 1125000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85121200, 85160000, 85121281, 85323000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKH23
Main site or place of performance:
East and North Hertfordshire.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Community Glaucoma and OHT Service is concerned with the implementation of a diagnosis and management pathway for glaucoma and ocular hypertension patients who have been identified in the course of a standard eye examination. It does not propose any initial changes to the current arrangements for management and treatment of patients that have been diagnosed and are being treated in secondary care.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) estimate that in 2015, 5 400 people in East and North Hertfordshire were living with Glaucoma. This is expected to rise to 5 680 by 2020.
In addition, the Prime Provider will be expected to develop and enhance the skills of the current primary care base eye healthcare specialists, to ensure that they are able to offer an increasing range of services in primary care. The Prime Provider will ensure that robust sub-contracts are in place with local provider optometrists/GPs/any other Healthcare providers to underpin the service provided. The estimated contract duration term is 36 months (estimated contract value 420 000 GBP) plus an option to extend for an additional 24 months (maximum of a 5 year contract). Community Monitoring — Referrals into the service for community monitoring may in the future come from acute ophthalmology departments from hospital eye services. There is no guarantee of any activity for this service (monitoring of OHT) and before the service could commence the Prime Provider will need to demonstrate that they have successfully delivered the Patient Pathway and agreed clear pathways and governance with participatory acute trusts.
II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 420000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Option to extend for an additional 24 months (maximum of a 5 year contract).

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2017-01-06 Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2017-01-06 Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Postal address: Charter House
Town: Welwyn Garden City
Postal code: AL8 6JL
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2016-11-30