Awarded contract

NHSE1029 - Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Details

Buyer: NHS England
Supplier(s): Medical Imaging UK LTD
Value: £1,507,212
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 28 August 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Community Based Model Diabetic Eye Service across Cheshire and delivering DESP screening pathways according to National Service Specification 22. Lot 1: Regarding the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme there has nationally been the implementation of interval changes over a 2-year period, the second phase will be from September 2024. There are also national plans to transfer the responsibilities for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) to diabetic eye screening programmes, along with changes to the requirements of IT systems to support the change. To allow for the implementation of pending changes and prepare for a competitive procurement process in 2026 the Relevant Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract will be for a period on 1-year to commence on 01 April 2025 and end on 31 March 2026. The annual contract value is 1507212 GBP.

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 August 2024
Completed: Award published28 August 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system, and larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services
85100000 · Health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-england.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-england.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-england.gov
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