Awarded contract

Vision Screening Services

Details

Buyer: Birmingham City Council
Supplier(s): UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST(HEALTHCARE , Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust Trust Headquarters, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Value: £2,070,960
Topic: Health services
Published: 5 September 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Vision Screening: Screening for reduced vision in children aged 4 to 5 years undertaken to detect amblyopia (a form of abnormal vision system development). Lot 1: Birmingham City Council wishes to follow the Direct Award Process C to award contracts to the 3 existing providers of vision screening services whose contracts ended in August 2024. Vision screening is an integral part of the universal delivery of the national Healthy Child Programme 0-19 years, and meets the description laid down by the National Screening Committee, which recommends that all children should be screened for visual impairment between four and five years of age. The contracts with each Provider will be for a four-year period commencing September 2024 for a total value of £1,233,709.

Timeline

Completed: Award date25 June 2024
Completed: Award published5 September 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham, and buys through Corporate Procurement, a central team that commissions services to deliver the council's priorities for residents. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

Over the past 5 years, most of Birmingham City Council's contract awards have been in transport equipment, transport services and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov