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Published 24 Aug 2023, 13:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

14,180,000 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL18)

Planned pipeline value£14,180,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 15 Jan 2024from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Original FTS reference - Notice reference: 2023/S 000-024951

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to forewarn interested suppliers of this requirement and highlight that we plan to hold a 'Supplier Day' for the purpose of market sounding and to enable DVLA to describe and develop our proposed requirements.

The virtual Supplier Day has been scheduled for the 20th & 21st September 2023 and will be held via MS Teams.

Interested suppliers must express their interest via e-mail to the named contact :-

I.1) Name and addresses (please identify all contracting authorities responsible for the procedure)

Adam.Cattroll@dvla.gov.uk & Mandy.Hodgson@dvla.gov.uk

By 14:00 hours on 7th SEPTEMBER 2023 quoting reference PS/21/126 - Provision of Vision Testing Services.

Following the Supplier Day, DVLA will review their strategy, and anticipates commencing a procurement with the publication of a Notice in Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder in January 2024.

CPV: Optician services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Authority requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity…Planned

The Authority requires a contract which will deliver visual field and visual acuity testing service by qualified and trained optometrists/opticians to assist the Authority in determining a drivers medical fitness to hold a driving licence. The successful supplier must be capable of carrying out both Group 1 and Group 2 Visual Field Standard Tests and be able to provide national coverage throughout Great Britain. Suppliers may consider the creation of consortiums and sub-contracting with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to ensure delivery. DVLA require a central supplier hub to manage our customer base and for our internal stakeholders to have one central point of contact.

Delivery: Wales

85160000 Optician services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 24 Aug 2023, 13:17 BST
Last source update: 1 Sept 2023, 13:41 BST
Authority reference: PS/21/126
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-025815
Classification (CPV): Optician services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03f6ab Find a Tender

Publisher note: A virtual Supplier Day has been scheduled for the 20th & 21st September 2023 and will be held via MS Teams. Interested Suppliers must express their interest via e-mail to both: Adam.Cattroll@dvla.gov.uk and Mandy.Hodgson@dvla.gov.uk by 14:00 hours on 31st August 2023 quoting the reference: PS/21/126 - Provision of Vision Testing Services.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

1 Sept 2023 → 15 Jan 2024 · 2 dates

Notice published
1 Sept 2023, 13:41 BST
Tender notice expected
15 Jan 2024

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextShort description & Additional Information: · II.1.4) VI.3)	By 14:00 hours on 31st August 2023 quoting reference PS/21/126 - Provision of Vision Testing Services.	By 14:00 hours on 7th SEPTEMBER 2023 quoting reference PS/21/126 - Provision of Vision Testing Services.

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Transport

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency, Longview Road, Swansea, Wales, SA67JLContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.