Optician services

Tender description

Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group seeks to commission a Minor Eye Conditions and Referral Refinement Service within Oxfordshire. The service will offer same day appointments, triage, diagnosis and treatment for minor eye conditions relating to flashes and floaters, visual disturbance, red eye, lid swelling and will be made available in at least 6 locations within the region. The referral refinement element will offer repeat IOP pressure readings, visual testing for query glaucoma referrals and colour fundus photography for a small number of referrals from Ophthalmologists. A full description of the outline service requirements can be found on our e-procurement portal. This procurement is being carried by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of commissioners. Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) is seeking expressions of interest in a forthcoming tender for a Minor Eye Conditions (MECS) and Referral Refinement Service within Oxfordshire. The MECS is to offer same day appointments (where required), triage, diagnosis and treatment for minor eye conditions relating to flashes and floaters, visual disturbance, red eye and lid swelling who have had symptoms in the last 6 weeks and are over 6 years of age. The service will be made available in at least 6 locations, with at least 1 in each major town (Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Witney, Abingdon and Wallingford). The Referral Refinement element will offer repeat IOP pressure readings, visual field testing for query glaucoma referrals. It will also offer colour fundus photography for a small number of referrals from Ophthalmologists triaging referrals. The contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years and will likely commence on 1 July 2018. The contract will have a total contract value of £ 334 604 per annum and is intended to operate on activity-based payments. Expressions of interest will be accepted from either a consortium, a lead provider with sub-contractors, or individual organisations. Expressions of interest, including completed ITT responses, must be received by 12:00 noon on the 18.1.2018. Further information regarding this requirement, including a copy of the Invitation to Tender (ITT), can be found on our e-procurement portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) in the ITT Bidder Guidance v1 0 document.