NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services

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NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity. The CCGs are also working in partnership with NHS West Lancashire CCG and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust. The CCGs are looking to gain Expressions of Interest (EoIs) providers who could be interested in delivering an Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Service to patients in the CCG areas. Any interested organisation needs to visit https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/ to complete a short questionnaire regarding delivery of the service in the CCG areas. This information will inform and assist the CCGs in forming their Commissioning Intentions for these services. The potential contract will be valued at approximately £585,500 per year; and the contract duration will be for 3 years with the potential to extend for a further 1 x 1-year period. The CCGs are seeking expressions of interest for a Prime Contractor to manage a range of Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services. The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to support COVID-19 recovery and restoration and the prevention of avoidable visual impairment. The CCGs would welcome the opportunity for potential Providers to complete the Expressions of Interest, so the CCGs are able to ascertain the current provider market. This information will inform and assist the CCGs in forming their Commissioning Intentions for Optometry First Services. The CCGs will look to commission as a minimum the following services: Service - Commissioning CCG - Approx. Annual Value COVID 19 Urgent Eye Care Service (CUES) - Sefton CCGs - £91,000 Pre-Cataract Assessment Service - Sefton CCGs - £70,900 * Post-Operative Cataract Assessment Service - Sefton CCGs - £18,600 Glaucoma Repeat Reading - Sefton CCGs - £3,300 * Glaucoma Enhanced Referral - Sefton CCGs - £19,200 * Glaucoma Monitoring Service - Sefton CCGs - £45,800 Total - £248,800 Other services in the above list will be commissioned subject to the CCGs' Commissioning Intentions: Service - Commissioning CCG - Approx. Annual Value Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Referral Filtering and Monitoring Service - Sefton CCGs - £142,300 Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS) - Sefton CCGs - £177,300 * Post-Operative Cataract Assessment Service - West Lancs CCG - £17,100 TOTAL = £336,700 * Annual contract value is an average across the 4 years and is expected to be lower in the earlier years. The Contracting Authority are only seeking expressions of interest from Providers who are genuinely capable and attracted to this potential opportunity. Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your Provider.