Official UK procurement notice
Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) in West Essex
Authority: West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the contracting authority's intention to award a contract for Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) to Primary Eyecare Services (PECS) as part of the Essex Local Ophthalmic Services (LOC)
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
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This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice and is intended to provide notice of the Contracting Authority's intention to award a contract for Minor Eye Conditions Services to Primary Eyecare Services (PECS).
West Essex conducted a 12-month pilot of the service, delivered by PECS. PCS are the non-profit organisation of the Essex Local Ophthalmology Community (LOC) through which all optometrist providers within West Essex are associated. The evaluation of the pilot demonstrated significant benefits in using PECS to deliver the services contracting directly to the optometrists given their existing relationships which are crucial to delivering a community pathway successfully.
The service will be for West Essex only initially, however the option is retained for a portion of East and North Hertfordshire patients who use the local Acute Trust to use the service. Should this be agreed the contract will be varied to reflect this.
The proposed contract is for a period of 3-years from 4th May 2021 to 3rd May 2024 with the option to extend for a further 2-years, subject to agreement.
The value stated in this Notice is for the initial 3-year period and is inclusive of costs for the East and North Hertfordshire patients. The 3-year value for West Essex only is £481,587. Additional information: Following publication of this Notice, West Essex CCG will allow a 10-day standstill period prior to entering into the contract.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 100%
- Price carries 100 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Jan 2021, 23:08 GMT
- Authority reference
ACE-0425-2020-West- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001020- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028b52Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
West Essex conducted a 12-month pilot of the service, delivered by PECS. PCS are the non-profit organisation of the Essex Local Ophthalmology Community (LOC) through which all optometrist providers within West Essex are associated. The evaluation of the pilot demonstrated significant benefits in using PECS to deliver the services contracting directly to the optometrists given their existing relationships which are crucial to delivering a community pathway successfully.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Eyecare ServicesSubcontracting: declared | £746,460 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001020-2021-1 · Primary Eyecare Services
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2020
- Value
- £746,460
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Primary Eyecare ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.