Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

Tender description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this Request for Information (RFI) and a future procurement process for the provision of a Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP) in Lancashire (excluding West Lancashire CCG footprint) for and on behalf of NHS England North (Lancashire and South Cumbria) (the Commissioner). The Commissioner is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market to gather soft market testing, in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed DESP, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity for the provision of DESP in Lancashire (excluding West Lancashire CCG footprint). It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the Contract Notice is published (approximately November 2017) in OJEU and on Contracts Finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (PROACTIS) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return their completed RFI documentation. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 07 August 2017 (please see additional information on how to access and register on PROACTIS).